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AIR secures $50M for AI agent security platform
1 Sep
Summary
- AIR raises $50 million to secure AI agent software supply chains.
- The startup vets AI agent skills, plugins, and add-ons for security.
- AIR's platform identifies and blocks unvetted AI agent components.
A new software supply chain is rapidly forming around AI agents as companies grant them broader access to systems. To secure this emerging ecosystem of skills, plugins, and add-ons, AI security startup AIR has secured $50 million in funding across two seed rounds. Founded by veterans of Israeli intelligence, AIR offers a platform designed to discover AI agents, continuously vet their components, and block risky interactions.
The company's approach is likened to operating system security, emphasizing the need for vetting AI agent tools akin to driver signing. AIR's platform provides visibility into agents across an organization, identifies unapproved AI tool usage, and enforces security policies by intercepting and analyzing agent actions. It meticulously checks tools against a continuously updated whitelist, filtering out approximately 27% of discovered online add-ons due to potential risks.
AIR has already garnered over 20 customers, with a quarter being large enterprises, particularly in regulated sectors like financial services and pharmaceuticals. While competitors exist, AIR emphasizes its continuous vetting of the AI add-on ecosystem as its key differentiator. The raised capital will fuel research and expand go-to-market efforts in the US and Europe.
