Yrikka

Yrikka builds tools for automated, contextual red-teaming and simulation of vision and autonomy AI models. Its APEX API runs adversarial probing and evaluation of exploits against computer vision models, its ORION product generates and adapts training data and finds the conditions under which a vision model fails, and its ATLAS product simulates mission environments — generating a mission world from a text description, map, or photo, then letting a team run an autonomy stack inside it under varying conditions to observe how the system responds.

The San Francisco-based company, founded by CEO Dr. Kia Khezeli and CTO Dr. John Kalantari, serves autonomy builders, defense primes, and government agencies, and its R&D has been funded through contracts with the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), reportedly totaling more than $2 million. That government contract revenue is a more concrete traction signal than the vendor-reported metrics common among peers at this stage, though it reflects a narrow, defense-oriented customer base rather than broad commercial adoption.