Something I learned from the best.
I spent five years at Deloitte leading SOC 2 engagements for big tech. LinkedIn, Ripple, Affirm, and a long list of other names you’d recognize, across the US and Canada. Those years taught me what a high quality SOC 2 actually feels like from the inside. The judgment calls that matter. The exceptions a senior catches that a junior would miss. The difference between thorough work and work that just looks thorough.
My goal is an audit that barely feels like one.
Chiaro is high quality audit work, invisibly embedded inside the Claude Code your team already uses every day. No new platform to adopt. No 400-row evidence request list. No weekly syncs to explain the same system a fifth time. The work runs quietly in the background while your team keeps shipping. The best audit is one you don’t feel happening. That’s the bar I’m building to.
Here’s where SOC 2 audit is going.
AI unlocks everything at once. Quality goes up, because the repetitive work gets automated and the CPA judgment moves to where it actually matters. User experience becomes something your team doesn’t dread. Cost comes down dramatically. Not 20%, more like 80% or more. And for the first time, the audit itself becomes transparent. The buyer reading your SOC 2 report can see exactly what was tested, what was found, and why every conclusion landed the way it did. No more black box.