Nia Castelly is Co-Founder and Head of Legal for Checks, Google’s AI-powered compliance platform that helps companies build safer applications and launch faster. Using the power of AI, Checks identifies potential risks and provides actionable recommendations. Building on the success of simplifying privacy compliance for app developers, Checks has expanded to meet the needs of businesses developing and deploying genAI. Checks provides automated adversarial testing, continuous monitoring, and guardrails to help companies develop and deploy generative AI responsibly.

Before co-founding Checks, Nia was Senior Counsel for the Google Play store where she focused on mobile app distribution, platform policy, product privacy and data protection. With entrepreneurship at her core, Nia actively supports early stage start-ups as a founding member of the Black Angel Group and through How Women Invest LP. Recognized as an expert in privacy and technology law, Nia has graced numerous publications and global events, sharing her deep insights on the latest regulatory and privacy trends, innovations, and best practices.