Straiker
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
Agentic-first AI security company protecting enterprise AI agents and applications from security and safety threats. Straiker was founded in 2024. The company is led by Ankur Shah. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, USA. Team size: 51-100. Total funding raised: $85M. Latest round: Series A, $21.0M, 2025-03, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Key investors include Marathon Management Partners, Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial, Workday Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, GTM Capital, Rain Capital, Neva SGR, Firebolt Ventures, Sixty Degree Ventures.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- Team size
- 51-100
- Total funding
- $85M
Value proposition
Enables safe adoption of GenAI by providing real-time data leakage prevention and automated defense against prompt injection attacks.
Products and solutions
Discover AI - AI agent discovery, tool monitoring, and MCP visibility for governance and security., Ascend AI - Continuous adversarial agent testing and red-teaming for AI agents., Defend AI - Runtime security guardrails detecting/blocking prompt injection, data leakage, and tool manipulation., Secure Claude Code - Specialized security for Anthropic's Claude Code enterprise deployment.
Unique value
Offers a dedicated GenAI security platform that combines real-time prompt analysis with enterprise-grade policy enforcement across multiple LLM providers. The architecture is designed to preserve privacy while allowing for customizations.
Target customer
Large enterprises in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, insurance) adopting generative AI tools.
Industries served
Finance, Banking, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Insurance, Technology
Technology advantage
Provides both detection (monitoring) and automated defense (blocking) specifically tailored for emerging threats against large language models. The service is supported by Straiker’s STAR team, a dedicated AI threat intelligence team.
How they differentiate
Unlike competitors with a broader focus, Straiker offers a solution with both detection and active defense built specifically for GenAI application-layer threats like prompt injection.
Main competitors
Nightfall.ai, Protecto.ai, HiddenLayer
Key partnerships
Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenAI Select Partner, Microsoft Azure, NVIDIA Inception
Notable customers
Omada Health, Coupa, American Express Global Business Travel, Enterprise DB, Automation Anywhere, People AI, Deloitte, Coupang, Fortinet, Comcast, DirecTV, Snowflake
Major milestones
Selected as a launch partner for the AWS Marketplace's 'AI Agents & Tools' category in June 2024., Announced $21M in funding in March 2025., Named to 2026 CB Insights' 100 Most Innovative AI Startups list., Launched Discover AI and expanded Defend AI at RSAC 2026 (March 2026)., Became fastest-growing agentic-first AI security company with 8x growth in 6 months (Feb 2026)., Raised $64M Series A (total $85M) led by Marathon Management Partners (June 29, 2026)., Appointed Sriram Puthucode as CRO (July 2, 2026)., Named OpenAI Select Partner (August 11, 2026)., Published STAR Labs 2026 Agentic Threat Report (July 2026).
Growth metrics
Run-rate revenue grew more than 15x in under a year (as of June 2026 Series A); trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises and frontier AI labs; targeting global expansion post-$64M raise.
Market positioning
A specialized GenAI security provider targeting enterprise compliance and governance needs around LLM usage.
Geographic focus
North America
Patents and IP
No public patents listed.
About Ankur Shah
Ankur Shah is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with extensive experience in building and scaling security products and companies from the ground up. Before co-founding Straiker, he was the SVP & GM for Prisma Cloud at Palo Alto Networks, where he grew the business to be a leader in cloud-native application protection platforms (CNAPP). His career also includes leadership roles at RedLock, CipherCloud, and Symantec, where he focused on cloud security, data loss prevention, and AI-powered threat detection.
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Official website: https://www.straiker.ai/