AI-native platform delivers guardrails for scaling AI-generated content—introducing Scan, Score, and Rewrite capabilities, deterministic trust scores, and a developer-first API and MCP architecture

Markup AI today announced $27.5 million financing, led by Genui Partners and EMH Partners and including Capital Factory and angel investors Brad Feld, Scott Dorsey, David Fox, Jake Heller, David Kidder, Bernd-Michael Rumpf, Greg Sands, and Kindra Tatarsky to accelerate the launch of the industry’s first Content Guardian Agents^SM. Designed for companies racing to harness generative AI without compromising trust, these agents represent a breakthrough in adaptable, intelligent oversight for AI-generated content.

“As we enter a new era of AI-generated content, organizations need new solutions to keep pace with the speed, scale, and risks,” said Matt Blumberg, CEO at Markup AI. “Today’s content requires purpose-built, AI-native content guardrails that don’t just check a box, but actively protect brand trust, compliance, and consistency in real-time.”

Why Content Guardian Agents, and Why Now

Generative AI has unleashed an explosion of content that traditional review processes can’t keep up with. 87% of content marketers already use AI, yet most tools stop at spelling, grammar, or readability checks and are deployed without guardrails. The result is costly risk: copyright lawsuits up to $150,000 per work, defamation, false advertising, regulatory fines, and reputational damage. And this isn’t a handful of blog posts—enterprises operate at industrial scale with thousands of authors, dozens of LLMs, millions of pages, and vast policy and terminology libraries. Without automated oversight, risk compounds fast.

According to Gartner by 2028, 40% of CIOs will demand guardian agents be available to autonomously track, oversee, or contain the results of AI agent actions. Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst Daryl Plummer said: “As agentic systems scale, gain more agency and become more complex, it becomes impossible for humans to intervene quickly enough to stop them from malfunctioning and becoming unmanageable. Therefore, AI must be used to understand and oversee AI agents to ensure they remain aligned with their intentions and operate in a safe, secure, and reliable manner.”

Introducing Markup AI Content Guardian Agents

Launched as a spinoff of NLP pioneer Acrolinx, Markup AI is the first to deliver an integrated suite of Content Guardian Agents purpose-built for enterprise use cases. Key innovations include:

• Scan, Score, Rewrite – Agents automatically analyze content against brand, terminology, compliance, and industry standards, assign a deterministic trust score, and instantly provide actionable rewrites.
• Customizable Criteria – Enterprises can set governance rules (rewrite automatically or require human review) to balance efficiency and oversight.
• Developer-First Architecture – With an API-first, MCP-powered design, Content Guardian Agents integrate directly into the tools enterprises already use including Cursor, Figma, ChatGPT, Github Actions, Zapier, and more. These integrations deliver immediate compliance and quality checks without disrupting workflows.
• Enterprise-Ready Scalability – Built for mission-critical environments, Guardian Agents plug into CI/CD pipelines, authoring tools, and enterprise applications to guard content wherever it’s created and to automate content audits.

Launching Five New AI Agents

Markup AI also announced the launch of five specialized AI Agents, each designed to address a core element of content quality:

• Terminology Agent – Ensures consistent use of approved vocabulary and product language.
• Consistency Agent – Enforces editorial style and brand-specific conventions.
• Tone Agent – Adjusts communications to align with brand voice and audience expectations.
• Clarity Agent – Improves readability, removes jargon, and enhances comprehension.
• Spelling & Grammar Agent – Provides foundational accuracy in every piece of content.

These AI agents are bundled into the industry’s first Brand Guardian Agent that provides confidence that every word published is on-brand and compliant with a company’s standards.

Early Adoption and Partnerships

Companies produce content everywhere across marketing, technical documentation, HR policies, customer success, help desk responses, training materials, and regulated communications. At this scale, organizations may have thousands of authors, dozens of AI tools in use, and millions of pages governed by hundreds of policies and terminology rules. Without oversight, the risks multiply quickly.

Leading technology companies, including Amazon, Adobe, ServiceNow, Gainsight, and more than 75 AI-first innovators, have already joined Markup AI’s early access program.

Markup AI is also partnering with Contentful, the API-first composable content platform, to bring governance directly into digital content workflows. Together, the companies are closing the gap between content creation and compliance. The partnership is the first of many, as Markup AI builds an ecosystem of integrations to expand its reach and deliver on its vision.

“At Contentful, we’re focused on helping teams deliver digital experiences that truly connect with people,” said Contentful CMO Elizabeth Maxson. “Markup AI’s Content Guardian Agents bring both speed and confidence into our content workflows — giving us the ability to scale while ensuring every piece of content meets the highest standards for quality and compliance. That kind of assurance isn’t just operational efficiency, it’s what allows marketers to move fast and maintain the trust that customer relationships depend on.”

New Leadership Driving the Vision

Following the appointment of Matt Blumberg as CEO earlier this year, Markup AI has expanded its leadership team with proven experience scaling technology companies:

• Shawn Nussbaum, Chief Technology Officer
• Ken Takahashi, Chief Corporate & Business Development Officer
• Louis Bucciarelli, Chief Revenue Officer

Markup AI also welcomed Jake Heller, founder of CaseText (acquired by Thomson Reuters), to its Board of Directors, bringing deep expertise in legal AI and compliance.

Content Guardian Agents in Action

The $27.5 million investment, which is a mix of Series A equity and debt, will accelerate product development, expand developer integrations, and scale go-to-market efforts globally.

“Having worked for decades in the legal field, I immediately recognized the potential benefits GenAI tools could bring to the industry. At the same time, I understood that without the proper guardrails in place these tools could quickly become a legal and compliance nightmare,” said Jake Heller. “Markup AI is creating the essential layer of trust that enterprises need to fully embrace AI. Their Content Guardian Agents solve a mission-critical problem at the exact moment the market is demanding solutions, and I’m excited to help guide the company’s journey as a Board Member.”

About Markup AI:

AI can create content, but Markup AI’s Content Guardian Agents^SM perfect your content. Our API- and MCP-first solution delivers content guardrails directly where your content lives. Markup AI instantly scans, scores, and rewrites any content to enforce your standards for brand voice, terminology, and compliance. Markup AI gives you the confidence you need to scale your use of AI.

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