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Modelyo vs Virtru

Modelyo sells a cryptographically isolated cloud environment in which customer data, applications, AI workloads and keys remain under customer control, even on infrastructure the customer does not own. Virtru sells data security software that protects sensitive data shared through email, files, SaaS apps and mission partner environments. CISO Tribune files both under Encryption, tokenization and key management. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Modelyo vs Virtru: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
ModelyoModelyo sells a cryptographically isolated cloud environment in which customer data, applications, AI workloads and keys remain under customer control, even on infrastructure the customer does not own.modelyo.comVirtruVirtru sells data security software that protects sensitive data shared through email, files, SaaS apps and mission partner environments.virtru.com
What it sells
  • Sovereign cloud[1][3][4]A cryptographically isolated cloud environment for customer data, applications, AI workloads and keys.
  • Confidential AI[1][4][6]Runs inference, agents and AI workloads inside hardware-protected environments, keeping sensitive data, models and weights under customer control.
  • Virtru for Outlook[4][6]An add-in that encrypts Outlook messages and attachments with end-to-end encryption.
  • Virtru Secure Share[4]A cloud-based solution for sharing sensitive files with access control and data visibility.
  • Virtru Collaborate[4][12]Secure workspaces for storing and collaborating on sensitive files with external parties.
  • Virtru Data Protection GatewaySecurity rules that automatically identify and encrypt sensitive data.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesWashington, United States[2]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2012[2]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesPrivately held[3][4][5]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 4, 2026[5]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Modelyo describes these buyers as held back from the cloud by the question of who else can see the data. One kind of customer Modelyo describes is a regional bank that needed to run core transaction processing on public cloud infrastructure. Modelyo deploys across hyperscalers, neoclouds, sovereign clouds and on-prem environments.From its own pages, Virtru sells to commercial businesses from enterprise to small business, and to government agencies and mission partners. Virtru says it offers lightweight solutions for small businesses that need to meet compliance regulations. It describes enterprise data sharing via email, files and SaaS applications, and government organizations pursuing Zero Trust architectures. Virtru Collaborate is aimed at regulated industries and organizations sharing files with external partners, contractors and vendors.
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October 23, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Modelyo and Virtru are both filed under Encryption, tokenization and key management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Modelyo's primary category is Cloud workload protection; Virtru's is Encryption, tokenization and key management.
  • Virtru is also filed under Email security and Collaboration app security.
  • Modelyo lists Sovereign cloud and Confidential AI. Virtru lists Virtru for Outlook, Virtru Secure Share, Virtru Collaborate and Virtru Data Protection Gateway.
  • Virtru is headquartered in Washington, United States.
  • Virtru was founded in 2012.
  • Virtru is privately held.

What it sells: Modelyo

What Sovereign cloud does[1][3][4]
Kubernetes, databases, AI, storage and development tools inherit the same confidential protection from the moment they are deployed. Nodes, control plane, secrets, keys, storage and workloads operate inside the same confidential architecture. Modelyo deploys across hyperscalers, neoclouds, sovereign clouds and on-prem environments.
What Confidential AI does[1][4][6]
Data stays encrypted while at rest, in transit and while in use by AI. Each agent tool call and retrieval is checked against keys only the customer holds. Modelyo is built to support confidential AI infrastructure, from H100 and H200 through Blackwell and Vera Rubin.

What it sells: Virtru

What Virtru for Outlook does[4][6]
Virtru for Outlook lets users encrypt emails shared internally and externally, all within Outlook. Protection is applied with one click. Virtru says no encryption key set up is required with third parties.
What Virtru Secure Share does[4]
Virtru Secure Share lets administrators set limits on file count, file size and file types. Administrators can disable local downloads.
What Virtru Collaborate does[4][12]
Virtru Collaborate creates governed workspaces with TDF protection applied to every file automatically. Access can be managed, modified and revoked after files are shared. External collaborators need no software or account setup.
What Virtru Data Protection Gateway does
Virtru Data Protection Gateway for Looker creates security rules that automatically identify and encrypt sensitive information flowing in and out of Looker. Virtru says it can be deployed across a domain in hours.

Questions about Modelyo and Virtru

What do Modelyo and Virtru sell?
Modelyo sells Sovereign cloud and Confidential AI. Virtru sells Virtru for Outlook, Virtru Secure Share, Virtru Collaborate and Virtru Data Protection Gateway.
Are Modelyo and Virtru in the same category?
They share Encryption, tokenization and key management. Modelyo's primary category is Cloud workload protection and Virtru's is Encryption, tokenization and key management.
Where are Modelyo and Virtru headquartered?
Virtru is headquartered in Washington, United States.
When were Modelyo and Virtru founded?
Virtru was founded in 2012.
Who owns Modelyo and Virtru?
Virtru is privately held.
Who are Modelyo and Virtru sold to?
Modelyo describes these buyers as held back from the cloud by the question of who else can see the data. From its own pages, Virtru sells to commercial businesses from enterprise to small business, and to government agencies and mission partners.

About Modelyo

Modelyo sells a cryptographically isolated cloud environment in which customer data, applications, AI workloads and keys remain under customer control, even on infrastructure the customer does not own. Modelyo provides a mesh of confidential managed services that inherit the same security and trust architecture from the start. Modelyo is a confidential layer that runs on the cloud customers already use.[1][3][4][5]

Modelyo creates a hardware-rooted trust layer that keeps workloads isolated from infrastructure operators and Modelyo itself. Neither the cloud provider nor Modelyo can see inside the infrastructure that runs a customer's workloads. Modelyo isolates infrastructure and workloads from the cloud provider and verifies them cryptographically before they are trusted. Modelyo continuously verifies infrastructure and workloads against trusted policies, and changes in integrity or trust state are detected and handled automatically. Modelyo checks each workload every 60 seconds and moves it automatically if anything looks off. Intel SGX, TDX and NVIDIA H100 are used so that Modelyo operators cannot access customer data.[1][3][4][5]

Modelyo ties access to sensitive data and services to verified environments, so neither the cloud provider nor Modelyo becomes part of the customer's trust model. Modelyo keeps data protected at rest, in transit, and while it is being processed. Modelyo produces cryptographic proof and audit evidence of exactly what ran and on what data. Enterprise customers of Modelyo get a named technical contact and 24/7 support for production issues.[3][5][6]

Kubernetes, databases, storage, networking, and managed services operate together within the same confidential trust architecture at Modelyo. Kubernetes, databases, AI, storage, and development tools all inherit the same confidential protection from the moment they are deployed. Nodes, control plane, secrets, keys, storage, and workloads operate inside the same confidential architecture. Teams deploy pods, services, and workloads on Modelyo using the Kubernetes tools and workflows they already use. Modelyo delivers familiar databases, messaging, search, APIs, and developer services as confidential managed services. Customers can launch PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis on Modelyo with compute, storage, networking, and keys protected as one environment. Modelyo also lists Kafka, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, API gateways, container registries, and observability tools among the services deployed inside the confidential workspace.[3][4]

Modelyo supports data environments with object storage, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, and supporting services integrated inside the same confidential architecture. On Modelyo, customers hold the keys to S3-compatible object storage, shared file stores over NFS, persistent Kubernetes volumes, and encrypted backups.[3]

Modelyo runs inference, agents, and AI workloads inside hardware-protected environments while keeping sensitive data, models, and weights under customer control. Modelyo runs inference, RAG, vector databases, data processing, and AI applications while keeping sensitive data protected during processing. For agents, Modelyo keeps prompts, memory, and reasoning traces sealed even during active use. Modelyo checks each agent tool call and retrieval against keys only the customer holds. Modelyo checks each RAG lookup against the customer's keys, the same as every model call. Modelyo traces every answer to the model and dataset that produced it.[3][4][6]

Modelyo deploys across hyperscalers, neoclouds, sovereign clouds, and on-prem environments across Intel, AMD, Arm, and NVIDIA architectures. Modelyo is built to support confidential AI infrastructure, from H100 and H200 through Blackwell and Vera Rubin, including Arm CCA-based environments. Modelyo provisions the confidential hardware from the cloud provider's own fleet. Customers deploy Modelyo with the Kubernetes tools and workflows their teams already use, and connect their identity provider and existing tools. Modelyo deployments start with a technical deep dive and a guided first workload. Because Modelyo runs across hyperscalers, neoclouds and on-prem environments, the same confidential environment can be deployed in more than one place for resilience.[1][3][4][5]

Modelyo describes customer stories of regulated enterprises, government, and defence teams running sensitive workloads on Modelyo. In one story, a regional bank needed to run core transaction processing on public cloud infrastructure, but internal compliance and its regulator required on-prem-level data control. At that bank, Kubernetes, the transaction database, and the analytics pipeline all moved inside a single hardware-enforced perimeter, with encryption keys held exclusively by the bank's own HSM. In another story, a government department needed the compute of a public cloud for a classified analytics programme. That programme was deployed inside a Modelyo confidential environment spanning two cloud regions. In a third story, a healthcare provider wanted to run AI models over patient records, but the models lived with a third-party vendor. In that story, inference runs on confidential H100 compute inside a Modelyo environment.[1][2][3][5][6][7][10]

Modelyo on the record

Sources

Modelyo full record

  1. [1]modelyo.comModelyo · modelyo.com · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]PrivacyModelyo · modelyo.com · published September 24, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Cloud — ModelyoModelyo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Modelyo — Trust engineered into the cloud you already useModelyo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]What we do — ModelyoModelyo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Confidential AI — ModelyoModelyo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Customer stories — ModelyoModelyo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]How a regulated bank moved core workloads to the cloud without moving risk — ModelyoModelyo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Processing classified data on public cloud infrastructure, provably — ModelyoModelyo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Confidential AI inference on patient data, without a single plaintext copy — ModelyoModelyo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

Virtru full record

  1. [1]virtru.comVirtru · virtru.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Virtru unveils new headquarters and technology hub in washington dcVirtru · virtru.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Virtru secures 50 million in new funding to accelerate the future of data centric security for the ai eraVirtru · virtru.com · published July 11, 2025 · Tier A
  4. [4]Data Security Platform for Email, Files and Collaboration | VirtruVirtru · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Virtru Email Encryption Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier C
  6. [6]Virtru Outlook Email Add-inVirtru · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Protect Your Data Against Human Errors with Email BlockingVirtru · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Enhanced Audit Data for Gmail Chrome Extension Trigger EventsVirtru · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Advanced File Upload Control for Secure SharingVirtru · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Save Secure Share Files Directly to Cloud StorageVirtru · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Securely Share Files From Your Group Email AddressesVirtru · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Confidently Store, Share and Collaborate on Sensitive FilesVirtru · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Virtru Gateway for LookerVirtru · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A

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