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Ex-Deloitte auditor open-sourced the whole SOC 2 method for your AI

Details

External ID
49171140
Source
HN
Company
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Product
Ex-Deloitte auditor open-sourced the whole SOC 2 method for your AI
Website domain
github.com
Launched
Aug. 4, 2026
Cohort
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Upvotes
36
Upvotes percentile
0.8245967741935484
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Fetched at
Sept. 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
Updated at
Sept. 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.

Enrichment

Theme
AI agents for business operations
Vertical
Horizontal
Function
Compliance & governance
Audience
Developer
AI stance
AI feature
Project type
Hobby / open-source project
Normalized one-liner
SOC 2 methodology for AI systems
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Yes This is primarily structured domain knowledge, policies, and checklist templates codified into markdown, JSON, or prompt templates for LLM agents to evaluate SOC 2 readiness.

Discussion

14 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Drata, Vanta, Oneleet

Concerns raised: SOC 2 audits often performative with screenshot collection, Audit firm conflict of interest with evidence management provision, Not all SOC 2 audits worth the same; quality varies by firm, Opacity in testing methodology across firms, AI-generated audit lacking credibility from reputable firm endorsement

Feature requests: Auditors should publish testing methodologies publicly, Pre-fill compliance dashboards with auditor-specific requests, Test complete populations instead of sampling at small-company scale

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Attention rank: #139 of 949 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 279 days after the earliest competitor.

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