Saturday, September 19, 2026
Most Innovative Companies to Watch 2026
Business Honor
Gruve is an enterprise AI infrastructure and services company helping organizations move from AI experimentation toward secure, measurable production environments. Its work spans AI infrastructure, security, data, and enterprise applications, connecting technical performance with business requirements. The company’s portfolio includes PulseAI, Cisco-powered services, AI SOC, digital forensics and incident response (DFIR), Data & AI, and managed AI security services. For Business Honor, The Company reflects a practical approach to enterprise AI, bringing infrastructure, security, data, and operations into a connected model.
Gruve has emerged as one of the Most Innovative Companies to Watch 2026. The company operates across two continents and five nations with more than 500 people. It says its mission is to help enterprises architect infrastructure-to-agent AI solutions where technical performance and business ROI converge. Its investor base includes Mayfield Fund and Cisco Investments, while its partner ecosystem extends its reach across enterprise technology and infrastructure.
Its latest platform, PulseAI, brings private AI infrastructure into this strategy. The platform is positioned as an agent-to-silicon AI infrastructure platform, combining GPU capacity, a private AI control center, and managed operations. It says PulseAI is designed to keep models, data, and agents within a controlled environment while supporting production deployment in under two weeks. Its managed operations are positioned to provide 24/7 support without added headcount. Alongside its platform, the company provides specialized services across AI security, incident response, data foundations, and managed security. Together, these capabilities address a central enterprise challenge as building AI systems that can scale while maintaining security, governance, operational control, and business relevance for enterprises.
Offerings by Gruve
Cisco powered services
Gruve works as a Cisco Strategy Services Partner, delivering Cisco-powered AI, enterprise, data center, and security solutions. Its portfolio covers AI security and governance, AI infrastructure solutions, AI defense, and AI infrastructure SOC capabilities. This partnership gives enterprise customers a services layer around infrastructure, security, and AI adoption, while connecting Gruve’s capabilities with established technology environments.
AI SOC
The AI SOC offering focuses on integrating AI agents into security operations. Services include AI SOC implementation, readiness assessment, and design. The broader security portfolio also includes AI agent security assessment, cybersecurity posture and readiness assessments, and AI SOC readiness assessment. This approach addresses the operational requirements created as enterprises introduce AI agents into security workflows, where governance, monitoring, and response need to evolve alongside deployment.
DFIR
Gruve’s digital forensics and incident response services combine AI-assisted digital forensics, compromise assessments, and continuous assurance. The offering is organized around preparation and response, including proactive assurance sweeps, AI safety and prompt security assessments, executive readiness tabletop exercises, incident response plan readiness tabletop exercises, and compromise validation. These services connect preparedness with investigation, giving organizations structured support for identifying and responding to security issues.
Data & AI
Data and AI services focus on building governed data foundations for enterprise AI. The portfolio includes Salesforce Agentforce advisory and AI strategy, Agentforce implementation and AI agent development, Salesforce and Agentforce managed services, and Agentforce quick starts, starter packs, and accelerators. The emphasis on governed data reflects a practical requirement for enterprise AI: applications and agents need reliable foundations, defined controls, and integration with existing business processes.
Managed AI security services
Managed AI security services cover ongoing assessment, readiness, and implementation. Gruve provides AI cybersecurity posture and readiness assessments, OpenShift AI readiness reviews, AI-based VAPT, AI SOC implementation, MCP security implementation, cybersecurity AI agent implementation, and OpenShift AI implementation. Together, these offerings connect infrastructure, security, services, and AI implementation within one operating model.
Beyond direct services, it works with technology companies and enterprises on market expansion. Its partner model identifies adjacent verticals, AI use cases, and product extensions while activating existing data and infrastructure for enterprise adoption. For high-growth innovators, Gruve provides engineering maturity, integration capability, and industry depth to support expansion into larger accounts.
Gruve brings together AI infrastructure, security, data, and managed services to address the practical demands of enterprise AI adoption. With PulseAI and its specialized services, the company is focused on helping organizations move AI into secure, measurable production environments. Business Honor Magazine recognizes this integrated model as a clear response to the operational demands of enterprise AI, where infrastructure, security, governance, and business value increasingly need to work together. Its next phase will center on scaling these capabilities while maintaining operational control and business value.
Tarun Raisoni Co-Founder & CEO
Tarun Raisoni, Co-Founder & CEO, leads the company’s infrastructure-to-agent AI strategy, aligning enterprise AI infrastructure, security, data, and managed services with measurable business outcomes. His leadership focuses on helping organizations build secure, governed, and scalable AI environments for production deployment.