# Delve: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/delve

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compliance automation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/compliance-automation/index.md) | 0% | 80 | 75% | 4 |

## And against it

- "Why to avoid: This Y Combinator-backed startup faces serious allegations of fabricating compliance certifications for hundreds of clients." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Compliance automation)
- "Delve (delve.co): Strongly avoid. This Y Combinator-backed startup ... collapsed in 2026 amid allegations of "fake compliance as a service."" (Grok 4.20, Compliance automation)
- "alleged Delve, a compliance automation platform, “systematically manufactured false SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications for its clients.”" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Compliance automation)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Delve, from 8 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- capterra.com: 6
- oneleet.com: 4
- softwareadvice.com: 4
- sourceforge.net: 4
- vanta.com: 4
- linkedin.com: 3
- sentrient.com.au: 3
- zengrc.com: 3
- captaincompliance.com: 2
- cerrix.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://oneleet.com/blog/best-grc-software: 4
- https://capterra.com/grc-software/s/small-businesses: 3
- https://linkedin.com/pulse/every-platforms-claims-automate-compliance-heres-how-tell-udit-pathak-wwqwf: 3
- https://sourceforge.net/software/grc/for-small-business: 3
- https://vanta.com/compare/drata: 3
- https://captaincompliance.com/news/the-delve-scandal-fake-soc-2-audits-open-source-code-theft-and-exit-from-y-combinator: 2
- https://cerrix.com/en/insights/blog/is-cybersecurity-compliance-automation-secure: 2
- https://drata.com/solutions/vs/vanta: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.