FUNDING · STARTUPS · #1922
Pluto Security raises $42M to secure enterprise AI agents
Pluto Security, founded by Shahar Bahat, announced $42 million in total funding (an $8.5M seed and a $34M Series A) as it emerges from stealth with a product that detects and controls risky AI tools, skills, extensions and agents inside enterprises. The company says it has crossed $2M ARR, more than 30 enterprise customers (including Oscar Health, Workato, Sixt and AlphaSense), and offers a free Plutonium platform for scanning public AI components.
KEY POINTS
- Pluto Security, founded by Shahar Bahat, announced $42 million in total funding (an $8.5M seed and a $34M Series A) as it emerges from stealth with a product that detects and controls risky AI tools, skills, extensions and agents inside enterprises.
- The company says it has crossed $2M ARR, more than 30 enterprise customers (including Oscar Health, Workato, Sixt and AlphaSense), and offers a free Plutonium platform for scanning public AI components.
- The funding and traction highlight growing enterprise demand for tools that monitor and control emergent AI agents and non-developer-built AI components, a rising security blind spot.
WHY IT MATTERS
The funding and traction highlight growing enterprise demand for tools that monitor and control emergent AI agents and non-developer-built AI components, a rising security blind spot.