The compliance platform for safety-critical hardware

Saphira.ai replaces IBM DOORS-era tooling for robotics, automotive and aerospace teams. We built the core platform: AI document parsing, automated risk assessment and full requirement-to-test traceability.

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Faster compliance cycles
98.5%
Document parsing accuracy
8 wk
Platform delivery
5
Core systems shipped

The client

“Vanta for hardware”

Saphira.ai is a compliance and safety-management platform for companies building safety-critical hardware. They needed to replace legacy tools like IBM DOORS and Jama Connect with an AI-powered platform that automates the workflows consultants used to do by hand.

The problem

Hardware companies had no equivalent of Vanta

Software teams have Vanta for SOC 2. Hardware teams building safety-critical products were stuck with decades-old tools and consultant-driven processes.

Engineers did not know when a design change broke certification. Every iteration meant another consultant engagement and months of rework.

Legacy tools (IBM DOORS, Jama) with no AI and poor UX
No real-time visibility into compliance status
Expensive rework cycles driven by manual consultant reviews
Design changes silently breaking certification
Months of manual work per submission

What we built

5 systems, one platform

Violet marks the parts where the AI does the work. A human approves every consequential change.

Module 01 AI does this
AI document parsing engine
Parses design docs, specifications and regulatory standards with LLMs to extract requirements and generate supplier specifications.
- PDF, DOCX, XML and CAD ingestion
- LLM requirement extraction
- Supplier spec generation
- Semantic search
Module 02 AI does this
Automated risk assessment & FMEA
Generates Failure Mode and Effects Analysis reports from design data, scoring severity, occurrence and detection — replacing weeks of consultant work.
- FMEA report generation
- Risk-priority scoring
- Historical failure patterns
- Consultant-grade output
Module 03
Full traceability system
Links requirements to code, tests, simulations and models (SysML, CAD, FEA/CFD) so engineers know instantly when a change breaks certification.
- Bi-directional tracing
- Change-impact analysis
- SysML / CAD / FEA integration
- Live certification status
Module 04
Compliance report generation
Reports formatted for TÜV, UL and CE bodies with ISO 26262, ISO 10218, ISO 12100 and IEC 61508 supported out of the box.
- Body-specific formatting
- Multi-standard support
- Evidence compilation
- Audit-ready packages
Module 05
Test management framework
Release safety reviews and test management wired into traceability, so coverage against requirements is always visible.
- Test planning & tracking
- Coverage vs. requirements
- Release safety reviews
- CI/CD integration

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“Quick Automation built our entire compliance platform from the ground up. Their engineers understood the complexity of safety-critical hardware and delivered a system that replaced legacy tools our customers had struggled with for years.”

Akshay Chalana

Co-founder, Saphira.ai (YC S24)

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