Responsible AI Leadership

Building AI that deserves people's trust.

Rani Kumar Rajah builds practical systems, research, and learning assets that help organizations evaluate, govern, and safely deploy AI — with a focus on youth safety, mental health AI, and agentic systems.

Rani speaking at TiECon Silicon Valley
TiECon Silicon Valley

Mission

Trust is not a feature. It has to be designed, evaluated, and continuously earned.

My work sits at the intersection of Responsible AI strategy, AI Trust & Safety, product execution, and open education. I focus on converting emerging AI risks into evidence-based evaluation methods, deployment guidance, and practical decisions for teams building high-impact AI systems.

20+Years leading enterprise technology
4Flagship Responsible AI initiatives
5+Standards & research contributions
600+Professionals trained
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Flagship Initiatives

The core product and research work: evaluation, agentic AI, enterprise trust, and mental health safety.

Creator · Youth Safety · Evaluation

SafeEval

A Responsible AI evaluation framework for youth mental health AI, focused on realistic multi-turn conversations, clinically informed personas, trajectory-based metrics, and safety validation before deployment.

Time-to-DetectionTrajectory AccuracyEscalation PrecisionTurn-Level Recall
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SafeEval dashboard showing a safety score trend and dimension scores

Research Lead · Agentic AI

Project FERAL

Open research mapping agentic AI architectures to CSA MAESTRO, OWASP ASI Top 10, and MITRE ATLAS with real-world validation and hardening guidance.

Project FERAL →

Founder · Platform

SecuraAI Trust Platform

Enterprise AI Trust & Safety capabilities spanning AI asset discovery, red teaming, governance workflows, risk evidence, and deployment readiness for LLM, RAG, and agentic AI systems.

SecuraAI →

Creator · Mental Health AI

Mental Health AI Safety Library

Scenario and evaluation library for therapy chatbots, AI companions, coaching assistants, and clinical AI applications operating in high-stakes situations.

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Research & Standards

Contributions to practical methods for evaluating generative and agentic AI systems.

OWASP GenAI AI Red Teaming Manual

Core contributor to methodologies for evaluating safety, robustness, trustworthiness, and resilience of generative AI systems.

Cloud Security Alliance

Contributor to agentic AI and red teaming initiatives focused on practical AI risk management and evaluation.

OWASP Agentic Top 10

Contributor to emerging guidance on risks in autonomous and agentic AI systems.

The Architecture of Intelligence

Author of a framework for understanding AI agent systems and their governance implications.

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Open Knowledge

Community learning assets that make AI security and Responsible AI easier to understand and apply.

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Community Impact

Teaching, speaking, podcasts, and community events — positioned as evidence of reach, not the center of the story.

600+ professionals trained in AI Security, Safety, Governance, and Agentic AI.

Workshops and talks across ISACA, UCSC Silicon Valley Extension, ISC2, NJSECON, Society for Digital Mental Health, BioNJ, NJ AI Hub, Plug and Play, universities, podcasts, and industry events.

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Speaking, Media & Building in Public

Selected examples from conferences, podcasts, workshops, and public education.

Mental Health AI talk

Mental Health AI

Podcast and video series focused on AI safety, evaluation, and mental health AI.

FIT4Privacy podcast

AI Agents & Digital Trust

Podcast conversation on AI agents, digital trust, privacy, and governance.

Industry 5.0

University & Industry Keynotes

Guest speaking on trustworthy AI, Responsible AI, and AI governance.

ISACA Silicon Valley workshop

Agentic AI Workshops

Hands-on workshops on threat modeling, red teaming, and governance.

Auditing Agentic AI

Auditing Agentic AI

Practitioner-focused education for audit, GRC, and risk professionals.

Project FERAL media

Project FERAL in Media

Open security research initiative for agentic AI systems.

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Recognition

Recognition across technology leadership, entrepreneurship, Responsible AI, and education.

World CIO 200 USA award

2026

World CIO 200 USA

Exceptional Technology Leader recognition.

Google for StartupsSecuraAI participant

NVIDIA InceptionSecuraAI participant

MassChallenge UK 2026Finalist from 1,961 applicants

BioNJBioPartnering Conference Finalist

NJ AI HubCohort finalist

ISACA New JerseySubject Matter Contribution Award

EY Women Bond ClubFSO Rising Star Finalist

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Questions I’m Exploring

The questions behind the work.

How do we know an AI companion is safe before a vulnerable person depends on it?

What changes when AI systems become autonomous agents?

How should product teams balance AI launch velocity with user safety?

Can AI safety be measured rather than merely claimed?

Connect

Let’s build AI that earns trust.

For Responsible AI strategy, AI Trust & Safety, speaking, research collaboration, or advisory work.