# Comp AI
> Open-source compliance automation for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.
Canonical: https://ponicorn.com/startups/comp-ai
Updated: 2026-09-08
## Key facts
- Headline figure: $11.8k MRR — ✓ Verified, Aug 2026, high confidence
- Business model: SaaS
- Categories: Developer Tools, Legal & Compliance
- Founded: 2025
- Status: Active
- Website: https://trycomp.ai
## What it does
Comp AI generates the policies, collects the evidence and monitors the controls behind a SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA or GDPR audit. Lewis Carhart made the whole thing open source, which is how most teams meet it before they pay for the hosted version. He started it in January 2025.
## Founders
- [Lewis Carhart](https://ponicorn.com/founders/lewis-carhart.md)
## Technology
- Next.js — Frontend (medium confidence)
- PostgreSQL — Infrastructure (medium confidence)
- Prisma — Backend (medium confidence)
- Stripe — Payments (medium confidence)
- Tailwind CSS — Frontend (medium confidence)
- TypeScript — Other (medium confidence)
- Vercel — Infrastructure (medium confidence)
## Growth channels
- X / Twitter — primary (medium confidence)
- Product-led (medium confidence)
## Metric history
| Date | Metric | Value | Evidence | Source |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-25 (current) | MRR | $11.8k | ✓ Verified · high confidence · Live Stripe verification showed $11,847 MRR, 51 active subscriptions and $4,790,973 all-time revenue on August 25, 2026. | [1] |
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## Sources
1. Comp AI on X — X, Founder post — https://x.com/lewiscarhart
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