# The next great assurance firm will be a _software company_

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## Clusia is an assurance firm, _built like_ a software company

Clusia is the AI-native assurance firm for companies that move money. We’re building a better way to deliver the audits and independent testing financial companies already need to operate — starting with ACH.

Clusia does the work that still consumes much of an audit today: gathering evidence, organizing it, drafting responses, and tracing conclusions back to source data. Qualified auditors review the full engagement, apply professional judgment where needed, and sign the final work.

We’re starting with the annual ACH audit because it is recurring, well-defined, and still highly manual. Over time, we plan to bring more of the assurance work fintechs and sponsor banks rely on under one roof, with the same software making each engagement faster and more consistent.

## Built by _people_ who've lived the problem

-   ![Reed Switzer Headshot](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/j3kx98iz/production/2e408765199773ee35cfadb3b635542bddc2a653-2400x2133.jpg?q=80&fit=max&auto=format&w=3840)
    
    Reed Switzer
    
    Co-founder & CEO
    
    Reed Switzer
    
    Co-founder & CEO
    
    Reed founded Hopscotch, scaled it to 10,000+ businesses and sold it to Avalara where he later led Embedded Finance. He brings firsthand experience building and operating regulated payments businesses.
    
    -   [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/reed-switzer-0a97a7168/)
    -   [Twitter/X](https://twitter.com/itsreedswitzer)
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    Nolan Hendrickson
    
    Co-founder & CTO
    
    Nolan Hendrickson
    
    Co-founder & CTO
    
    Nolan studied computer science and AI at the University of Pennsylvania before leading engineering teams in Microsoft's Defender organization. His work centered on protecting sensitive data and building reliable AI systems.
    
    -   [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolan-hendrickson-457685167/)

-   ## Security comes _first_
    
    Clusia is built for regulated environments. Every layer of the platform is designed to be secure, auditable, and defensible.
    
-   ![person](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/j3kx98iz/production/c1d1dd9ea4ca5c9078e2a0e321ae38c6d5ef0a12-44x44.svg)
    
    Human-in-the-loop
    
    Clusia does the prep, your team makes the call. Every AI-assisted decision is reviewed, attributed and reversible.
    
-   ![person](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/j3kx98iz/production/0a0ab42870a0627a4c387cded4bce7a5343591b0-44x44.svg)
    
    Full auditability
    
    Every action, every process, every output is immutably logged and exportable, so audit-readiness is the default, not the exception.
    
-   ![person](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/j3kx98iz/production/172a59b8e780bdf2688d18653c8214f69fd8e8d3-44x44.svg)
    
    Certifications & compliance
    
    Your data stays yours. No model training on customer data, native RBAC, and your data stays where it lives today.
    
-   ![person](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/j3kx98iz/production/b139a800520dec2d52f6c164fa8abdfea088aabd-44x44.svg)
    
    Security & privacy
    
    Your data stays in place. Access is tenant-isolated and least-privilege. PII and secrets are vaulted, evidence encrypted.
    
-   ![person](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/j3kx98iz/production/d6c79451162761e4df0e6c2358276de8a20397df-44x44.svg)
    
    Data governance
    
    SOC 2 Type I compliant. In Type II observation period. We’re aligned to the standards your regulators expect.
    

## Let's _build_ what compliance has been waiting for

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