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DeepKeep

Category: AI in Cybersecurity

An AI-native security platform that safeguards AI systems with comprehensive trustworthiness and risk management across the full AI lifecycle, from R&D through deployment and runtime. DeepKeep was founded in 2021. The company is led by Rony Ohayon. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Team size: 25-50. Total funding raised: $10.0M. Latest round: Seed ($10.0M, May 2024). Key investors include ["Awz Ventures (Lead)","Innovation Authority Israel","Endless Frontier Labs","Khasm Labs","Flashpoint (London)","5G Open Innovation Lab"].

Founded
2021
Headquarters
Tel Aviv, Israel
Team size
25-50
Total funding
$10.0M

Value proposition

Provides end-to-end AI security covering risk assessment, prevention, detection, mitigation, and governance across multimodal AI systems (LLMs, computer vision, tabular data), protecting against adversarial attacks, jailbreaks, data leakage, toxic outputs, and ensuring regulatory compliance with real-time monitoring and runtime protection.

Products and solutions

["AI Agent Attack Surface Scanner (Mar 2026)","Vibe AI Red Teaming (Apr 2026)","AI Firewall and Guardrails","Automated AI Red Teaming","Model Scanning and Vulnerability Assessment","AI Usage Control and Governance","Runtime Protection for Agentic Frameworks","Generative AI Risk Assessment Module","Real-time Monitoring and Alerting","MCP Gateway Management"]

Unique value

First-to-market AI-native security platform using GenAI to secure GenAI, with specialized focus on emergent agentic AI threats. Provides visual risk mapping for AI agent attack surfaces, supports multimodal AI protection (LLMs, computer vision, tabular data), and delivers tightly coupled security and trust solutions across the entire AI pipeline.

Target customer

Large enterprises and corporations deploying AI, GenAI, LLMs, and agentic AI systems, particularly in financial services, healthcare, AI computing, cybersecurity, and other regulated industries requiring trustworthy AI compliance

Industries served

["Financial Services","Healthcare","AI Computing","Cybersecurity","Enterprise Software","Regulated Industries"]

Technology advantage

Model-agnostic, multi-layered platform that integrates with major cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud) and supports leading agentic frameworks (Microsoft, Agentforce, OpenAI Agents, CrewAI, Amazon Bedrock, n8n, Make). Aligns with OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications. Provides real-time detection, inference-time protection, and automated governance - addressing security gaps that traditional cybersecurity tools cannot handle in nondeterministic AI systems.

How they differentiate

First-to-market AI-native security platform using GenAI to secure GenAI with specialized focus on emergent agentic AI threats. Unique visual risk mapping for AI agent attack surfaces and multimodal AI protection (LLMs, computer vision, tabular data). Model-agnostic platform with deep integration into major cloud providers and agentic frameworks, aligning with OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications.

Main competitors

["HiddenLayer","Protect AI","Lakera"]

Key partnerships

["AWS Marketplace (Official Partner, Feb 2026)","Google Cloud Marketplace (Official Partner, Feb 2026)","Awz Ventures (Lead Investor)","Innovation Authority Israel (Investor)","European Union EIC Fund (Investor)","OurCrowd (Investor)","Gartner Recognition - Sample Vendor in 2025 Emerging Tech Impact Radar: AI Cybersecurity Ecosystem","MarketsandMarkets - Progressive Company in Generative AI Cybersecurity (Nov 2025)","Omdia - Key Innovator Recognition (Oct 2025)","Global enterprise customers in finance, AI computing, and security industries"]

Notable customers

["Global enterprise customers in finance sector","AI computing companies","Cybersecurity industry clients"]

Major milestones

["Founded in 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel","Came out of stealth mode with $10M seed funding (May 2024)","Launched on AWS and Google Cloud Marketplaces (Feb 2026)","Released AI Agent Attack Surface Scanner (Mar 2026)","Recognized by Gartner as Sample Vendor in 2025 Emerging Tech Impact Radar: AI Cybersecurity Ecosystem","Named 'Progressive Company' by MarketsandMarkets in Generative AI Cybersecurity Market (Nov 2025)","Acknowledged as key innovator by Omdia (Oct 2025)"]

Growth metrics

Commercially available on AWS and Google Cloud Marketplaces (Feb 2026); Team size 25-50 employees; Estimated revenue $3.6M (2024)

Market positioning

Early-stage innovator competing against established AI security vendors, targeting large enterprises in regulated industries requiring AI trustworthiness and compliance

Geographic focus

Israel (HQ), North America, Europe

Patents and IP

US-12450363-B2 (registered), plus 30+ patents held by CEO Dr. Rony Ohayon across AI, telecommunications, and technology domains

About Rony Ohayon

20+ years in high-tech industry spanning development, technology, academia, business, and management. Ph.D. in Communication Systems Engineering from Ben-Gurion University, Post-Doctorate from Télécom Paris (ENST France), MBA, and 30+ registered patents. Previous CEO & Founder of DriveU.auto (autonomous vehicle teleoperation), CTO & Co-Founder of LiveU (acquired, 2007-2019), Senior Faculty Member at Bar-Ilan University's Faculty of Engineering (2006-2012), and Chairman of Andromeda Consortium since 2020.

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