Straiker, a Sunnyvale, CA-based AI-native security company, raised $21M in funding.
Backers included Lightspeed Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.
Led by CEO Ankur Shah, Straiker provides real-time protection for AI applications and agents with an AI-native security solution, which employs a combination of models to deliver precise and fast results. The proprietary models are trained with intelligence from its AI Security Research Team (STAR) and reasoning across every layer of AI apps and agents to ensure complete protection.
Its launch includes the general availability of its first two AI-native modules:
- Ascend AI: Performs an in-depth attack simulation using an advanced, curated set of AI-specific safety and security threats.
- Defend AI: Extends protection beyond prompt-level threats to shield AI applications and agents from a wide range of security and safety threats targeting different layers of AI apps and agentic systems.
Both modules are powered by the Straiker AI Engine, which enables customizations to address safety and security requirements with an architecture designed to preserve privacy. Straiker’s STAR team supports these industry-leading capabilities. Looking ahead, Straiker will introduce additional modules to secure every stage of the AI app development lifecycle and to safeguard the use of third-party AI applications.
FinSMEs
27/03/2025