Risk Management Show The Invisible Risk Chain and Why Your Vendor's Vendor Impacts Growth with Girish Redekar
Mar 28, 2026
Girish Redekar, co-founder of Sprinto and an engineer-turned-founder who builds product-focused GRC solutions. He discusses the invisible risk chain of vendors' vendors and why one-time vendor checks create blind spots. He covers how AI makes supply-chain behavior unpredictable and how continuous, autonomous monitoring can turn risk control into a growth enabler.
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TPRM Is The Brakes For Fast Companies
- TPRM is the brakes that let a company accelerate safely in an AI-driven world.
- Girish compares trusting vendor risk programs to trusting brakes on a race car to avoid crashing when you go faster.
Startup Pain Sparked Sprinto's Creation
- Girish started Sprinto after struggling with manual, document‑heavy compliance while building his prior startup.
- He learned compliance made the product better but hated the paper‑pushing, inspiring an engineer‑led automation approach.
Vendor Due Diligence Is A Snapshot Not Continuous
- Most vendor diligence is point-in-time and questionnaire driven, creating an illusion of control.
- Girish explains teams onboard vendors with docs then lose visibility immediately as vendors change infrastructure or introduce new subcontractors.