Assay – validation layer for AI agents that touch money (github.com)

VenturFlow has launched Assay, an open-source validation library designed to ensure that AI decisions in financial contexts are sound before executing money-related actions. This initiative stems from the repeated challenges the company faced while developing its commercial agentic AI platform for venture capital firms. By providing a transparent validation layer under the Apache 2.0 license, Assay aims to establish standardized guardrails for AI agents that operate within financial workflows, thus enhancing safety and accountability in automated decision-making. Assay functions as a pre-execution validation tool that operates at four primary boundaries: output validation, tool-call gate, trajectory validation, and entity resolution. Each mechanism ensures compliance with various regulatory requirements while logging every action for audit purposes. By employing a modular approach, firms can customize the integration of their data without exposing sensitive information to third parties. This framework not only safeguards compliance but also allows firms to maintain flexibility in utilizing AI within their operational framework, marking a significant step forward in the responsible deployment of AI agents in finance.