047 - Building Trust in AI: The Future of Risk and Compliance with Lily Yeoh, CEO of C1Risk

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Pitch, Build, Scale - Startup Founder Stories in the Age of AI

Chris Fanchi

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That spark of innovation? It's just waiting for the perfect combination of tools and talent to bring it to life. This is "Pitch, Build, Scale": Each episode, we connect with the builders, the visionaries, and the problem-solvers who are redefining what's possible with today's technology - and pioneering the websites, apps, and software products of tomorrow. These are the conversations that transform how we build, how we sell, and how we scale technology businesses in a world where the tech evolves by the minute. Ready to stay ahead of the curve? This is "Pitch, Build, Scale".

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047 - Building Trust in AI: The Future of Risk and Compliance with Lily Yeoh, CEO of C1Risk

Pitch, Build, Scale - Startup Founder Stories in the Age of AI

37 minutes 16 seconds

4 weeks ago

047 - Building Trust in AI: The Future of Risk and Compliance with Lily Yeoh, CEO of C1Risk

AI is rewriting the rules of enterprise risk management, but can we trust the systems shaping our decisions?

In this episode of Pitch, Build, Scale, host Chris Fanchi sits down with Lily Yeoh, founder and CEO of C1Risk, a governance, risk, and compliance platform that helps enterprises automate cybersecurity programs using AI.

Lily shares her journey from early days in cybersecurity at Texas Instruments and RSA to leading C1Risk — and the lessons she’s learned about AI trust, data transparency, and responsible automation.

You’ll learn:

- How AI is transforming compliance, risk, and cybersecurity oversight across industries

- Why enterprises need standards for AI transparency and model integrity

- How C1Risk is building GRC assistants that leverage AI ethically to improve accuracy and productivity

- The future of AI governance and how companies can prepare for new risk models

🕒 Chapters

00:00 Intro & AI Trust in Data

02:00 Lily Yeoh’s Path into Cybersecurity

06:00 Evolution of Cyber Threats Over 25 Years

10:00 Why She Founded C1Risk

14:00 Building API-First Compliance Automation

20:00 Who Owns Risk in the Enterprise?

23:00 The AI Triad: Misinformation, Models & Cost

27:00 How C1Risk Uses AI Internally

31:00 Building AI-Driven GRC Assistants

33:00 Scaling Challenges & AI Talent Demand

35:00 Funding, Focus & Her “Magic Wand” Wish

Resources

• C1Risk — Enterprise GRC platform: https://C1Risk.com

• Big North Marketing — growth for dev shops & SaaS: https://BigNorthMarketing.com

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