Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this interview from theCUBE + NYSE Wired: Mixture of Experts Series, Aryaman Khanna, co-founder of Arden, joins theCUBE's John Furrier to discuss building AI automation for audit teams fresh out of Y Combinator's spring batch. Khanna details how Arden tackles a quarter-trillion-dollar industry still bogged down by spreadsheets and manual screenshots. He explains the company's "context graph," a Neo4j-powered system that connects an organization's tools, policies and institutional knowledge into a single queryable brain accessible through Slack or Teams. Khanna also shares how his mother's career as an auditor shaped his decision to leave Cal and pursue the vertical.
The conversation also explores Arden's forward-deployed approach, sending "forward-deployed auditors" to learn client workflows firsthand rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all solution. Khanna notes that Arden currently serves three customers, each requiring bespoke integrations with legacy audit tools like AuditBoard and Workiva, positioning Arden as a value-add layer rather than a rip-and-replace platform. He outlines a bigger vision: as AI agents become the dominant users of enterprise systems, audit will evolve into the control plane validating not just human actions but machine ones. From lean, AI-leveraged team structures to catching multimillion-dollar issues before they escalate, Khanna lays out how Arden aims to redefine what auditing means in an agentic enterprise.
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00:00 - Innovative Pathways: Aryaman Khanna's Journey with theCUBE and AI Automation
03:02 - Revolutionizing Auditing: Innovative Solutions and Technological Advances
06:17 - Integrating New Clients in the San Francisco Startup Scene
08:37 - Enhancing Enterprise AI: Feedback Integration and Future Auditing
11:20 - Integrating Auditing Insights and Personal Efficiency: Final Reflections
#theCUBE #MixtureOfExperts #theCUBEresearch #NYSEWired #Arden #AI #Audit
In this interview from theCUBE + NYSE Wired: Mixture of Experts Series, Aryaman Khanna, co-founder of Arden, joins theCUBE's John Furrier to discuss building AI automation for audit teams fresh out of Y Combinator's spring batch. Khanna details how Arden tackles a quarter-trillion-dollar industry still bogged down by spreadsheets and manual screenshots. He explains the company's "context graph," a Neo4j-powered system that connects an organization's tools, policies and institutional knowledge into a single queryable brain accessible through Slack or Teams. Khanna also shares how his mother's career as an auditor shaped his decision to leave Cal and pursue the vertical.
The conversation also explores Arden's forward-deployed approach, sending "forward-deployed auditors" to learn client workflows firsthand rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all solution. Khanna notes that Arden currently serves three customers, each requiring bespoke integrations with legacy audit tools like AuditBoard and Workiva, positioning Arden as a value-add layer rather than a rip-and-replace platform. He outlines a bigger vision: as AI agents become the dominant users of enterprise systems, audit will evolve into the control plane validating not just human actions but machine ones. From lean, AI-leveraged team structures to catching multimillion-dollar issues before they escalate, Khanna lays out how Arden aims to redefine what auditing means in an agentic enterprise.
Find more SiliconANGLE news and analysis siliconangle.com
Follow theCUBE's wall-to-wall event coverage siliconangle.com/events
Learn about the latest theCUBE events thecube.net
00:00 - Innovative Pathways: Aryaman Khanna's Journey with theCUBE and AI Automation
03:02 - Revolutionizing Auditing: Innovative Solutions and Technological Advances
06:17 - Integrating New Clients in the San Francisco Startup Scene
08:37 - Enhancing Enterprise AI: Feedback Integration and Future Auditing
11:20 - Integrating Auditing Insights and Personal Efficiency: Final Reflections
#theCUBE #MixtureOfExperts #theCUBEresearch #NYSEWired #Arden #AI #Audit
