Responsible AI Leadership

Building AI that deserves people's trust.

Rani Kumar Rajah is a Responsible AI strategist, founder of SecuraAI, and creator of SafeEval. Her work spans AI Trust & Safety, youth safety, agentic AI, evaluation, governance, education, and enterprise AI strategy.

Rani speaking at TiE Silicon Valley
TiECon Silicon Valley.
20+Years technology leadership
600+Professionals trained
5+Standards & research contributions
2Interactive OWASP comic adaptations

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

My work focuses on turning emerging AI risks into practical product decisions. I bring together enterprise leadership, Responsible AI strategy, mental health AI safety, agentic AI research, visual education, and hands-on training to help organizations deploy AI systems that are capable, useful, and demonstrably safer for the people who depend on them.

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Featured Work

A body of work across AI evaluation, youth safety, agentic AI, standards, and education.

Creator

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

SafeEval →

Research Lead

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 →

Creator

Mental Health AI Safety Library

Realistic safety scenarios for therapy chatbots, AI companions, coaching assistants, and clinical AI applications.

Creator

Interactive OWASP Comic Adaptations

Visual learning experiences that make OWASP LLM Top 10 and OWASP Agentic Top 10 concepts accessible without sacrificing technical depth.

LLM Top 10 Comic →
Agentic Top 10 Comic →

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Making Responsible AI Accessible

Research, tools, and learning assets that help teams understand, evaluate, and act.

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Research, Standards & Evaluation

Practical methods for assessing generative and agentic AI systems.

OWASP GenAI AI Red Teaming Manual

Core contributor to methodologies for evaluating safety, robustness, trustworthiness, and resilience.

Cloud Security Alliance

Contributor to agentic AI and red teaming initiatives.

OWASP Agentic Top 10

Contributor to emerging guidance on autonomous and agentic AI risks.

The Architecture of Intelligence

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

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Speaking & Teaching

Training across professional communities, conferences, universities, and AI ecosystem programs.

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.

ISACA classroom
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Recognition

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

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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Media & Building in Public

Making complex Responsible AI and agentic AI concepts accessible through podcasts, visual education, and public resources.

Mental Health AI: Let’s Talk

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

AI Agents & Digital Trust

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

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Questions I’m Exploring

The questions behind my 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?

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Let’s build AI that earns trust.

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

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