Drata opens San Francisco HQ after rapid trust tech surge

Drata has opened a new headquarters in San Francisco after a year of higher revenue and enterprise customer growth, as it positions itself around trust management and compliance workflows.

The move is intended as a long-term investment in customers and talent, placing Drata closer to a large pool of technology firms and security buyers. The company expects the headquarters to strengthen ties with partners and others involved in governance, risk, compliance, and assurance.

Drata reported 60% year-on-year revenue growth and said new enterprise revenue grew at four times the prior year's rate. It also cited 190% year-on-year growth in enterprise customers.

The company said it now has more than 8,000 customers across more than 80 countries, including Fortune 100 companies and a third of the Cloud 100.

Growth metrics

Drata said it crossed USD $100 million in annual recurring revenue within its first four years and reported a higher growth rate in 2025 than in the prior period.

Over the past year, it launched more than 400 new features, linking the pace of releases to demand for tools that manage security reviews and compliance work as more organisations adopt AI systems and face greater scrutiny of controls and assurance.

Drata also shared usage figures for its product suite. It said its Trust Centre product has streamlined more than USD $20 billion in "security influenced revenue", and its AI-Powered Security Questionnaire Assistance has processed two million questions.

Product changes

Alongside the office opening, Drata outlined product and marketing initiatives, including a redesigned platform experience. The update is intended to present trust evidence, risk signals, and assurance outcomes in a format that is easier for customers to use.

It also launched a podcast series hosted by its chief executive. Titled "When Trust Meets AI", the programme features conversations with security leaders and product builders on how AI is affecting compliance, risk, and assurance work.

Market context

Vendors selling governance, risk, and compliance tools have increasingly tied their products to operational workflows and continuous monitoring, rather than periodic audits and point-in-time reporting. Buyers have also raised expectations for vendor due diligence and security questionnaires as supply chain risk and regulation put more weight on assurance.

Drata's proposition centres on automating evidence collection and monitoring across security and compliance controls. The company describes itself as a trust management platform and has framed recent product development around AI-assisted workflows and real-time identification of gaps.

In its announcement, Drata pointed to its fifth anniversary as a marker of maturity, framing its growth as a response to what it sees as a widening gap between the pace of modern software development and traditional methods of proving security and compliance.

Adam Markowitz, chief executive and co-founder, linked the company's origins to this shift in expectations.

"Five years ago, we founded Drata to solve a fundamental gap: the way trust was proven couldn't keep pace with how modern businesses operate," said Adam Markowitz, CEO and co-founder of Drata. "Today, trust is the infrastructure behind every business interaction, especially as AI changes how decisions are made. As Drata continues to grow, we're excited to keep building the system of record that makes trust continuous, operational, and embedded into how companies manage risk and execute with confidence."

Drata did not disclose the size of the San Francisco office or any hiring targets tied to the move. The headquarters will serve as a base for closer collaboration with customers and partners as it rolls out the redesigned platform experience.