Rakshak by KalpitLabs
LLM guardrail API. Stops before it hits your model.
What it does
Most LLM-based products ship with no input security layer. We know because we found and responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities in Le Chat (Mistral) and Sarvam AI's Indus model — system prompt extraction, guardrail bypass, phishing content generation. Rakshak sits between your users and your model. Blocks on the way in, redacts on the way out. Built for Indian AI teams but works with any LLM API. Self-serve API key, integrates in under an hour.
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