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Oak & Sparrow Systems Enterprise, founded in 2026 in San Francisco, builds Gatekeeper, an on-premises AI governance layer that checks every AI input and action against deterministic rules mapped to HIPAA, FERPA, CCPA, COPPA, PCI and FINRA, blocks violations before data leaves the organization, and seals each decision in a tamper-evident hash-chained log for regulated sectors such as legal, insurance, healthcare, community banking and school systems.
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