The startup’s runtime enforcement platform evaluates AI agents in real time to provide visibility and control over their actions.

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The enterprise security firm has raised more than $1 billion since its launch in 2020; Evolution Equity Partners led the latest funding round. 

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Emerging from stealth with $16 million in pre-seed funding, Outerlimit offers a decentralized authorization layer designed to discover, observe, and block harmful autonomous AI actions.

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The data security company received the new investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, extending its Series G funding round.

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The company has secured over $7 million in contracts with US government agencies, including the US Space Force, the US Navy, and DARPA.

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The company will use the funding to accelerate platform development and expand its presence in key enterprise markets.

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The company plans to expand into continuous cybersecurity, offering security testing across applications and infrastructure.

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The company provides a standard for AI systems, testing them against risks such as jailbreaks, prompt injections, and unauthorized actions.

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The company will use the new capital to expand its vulnerability operations platform and support international growth.

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The cybersecurity startup is building a proprietary foundation model and plans to accelerate global expansion.

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The company will increase its US market presence and will expand its engineering and go-to-market teams.

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The startup founded by Palo Alto Networks’ Nir Zuk has raised $290 million to build an AI-native security platform for highly regulated organizations that cannot rely on the public cloud.

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Catch promises the capabilities of a trusted executive assistant, with built-in controls governing what data and systems it can access.

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The Austin-based company will invest in agentic runtime security capabilities to secure AI coding agents.

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The startup’s firewall evaluates AI skills, plugins and MCP servers for malicious instructions, excessive permissions and software supply chain risks.

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The company, previously known as ActiveFence, has raised a total of $280 million from investors.

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The previously bootstrapped company helps organizations securely and reliably operate AI agents at scale.

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