Preclusio
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Preclusio was a Y Combinator-backed privacy compliance startup founded in 2019 by CEO Heather Wade and co-founder John Wade. It automated how companies comply with privacy regulations like GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act, using automated data inventory and mapping tools to find personal data across an organization and continuously monitor that it was stored and protected in a legally compliant way. Initially focused on Amazon AWS users, it ran pilots and priced from $25,000 a year, with engineering in Seattle and sales in the Bay Area.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded and product launch
Preclusio founded; the YC graduate finished the first version of its privacy compliance product and began running pilots, initially for AWS users.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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