Concentric AI

What Concentric AI does

Concentric AI is a privately held, venture-backed cybersecurity vendor headquartered in San Jose, California, founded around 2019 by Karthik Krishnan (CEO) and Dr. Madhu Shashanka. The company sells a unified 100% SaaS data security governance platform called Semantic Intelligence — a patented, context-aware AI system built on deep learning and natural language processing that autonomously discovers, categorizes, classifies, and risk-scores sensitive data (PII, PHI, PCI, IP) across cloud, on-premises, and GenAI environments without agents, rules, or regex. The platform powers Category-Aware DLP, Data Access Governance, Data Privacy and Compliance, and Data Detection and Response use cases, with an add-on Semantic DLP browser extension for GenAI prompt/response auditing and shadow AI discovery; a Private Scan Manager deployment option for Microsoft Azure (launched December 2025) supports data residency requirements. The company has built native connectors into 30+ data stores spanning Snowflake, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Microsoft 365/Copilot/Purview, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Slack, Confluence, ServiceNow, and Jira, plus an industry-first integration with the Anthropic Claude Compliance API (May 2026).

Concentric AI serves mid-market and enterprise customers in regulated verticals — healthcare, financial services, government, life sciences, and technology — with named users including Baron Capital, Southern Nevada Health District, Cadence Design Systems, Astellas, Magellan Health, Penn State Health, UCONN Health, Petco, and Bush Brothers & Company. The company operates a hybrid go-to-market combining direct enterprise sales (10-minute POC, demo-driven evaluation, free risk assessment report) with a self-described 'channel-first' reseller/MSSP/SI program, regional distribution via Sektor in Australia and New Zealand, and a strategic partnership with Kiteworks for data-in-motion enforcement. The company has raised over $67 million in venture funding across three rounds, with the most recent being a $45 million Series B in October 2024 co-led by Top Tier Capital Partners and HarbourVest Partners, and has made two acquisitions (Swift Security and Acante, July 2025) to extend its platform into data-in-motion and AI training-data sanitization.

Name

Concentric AI

Legal name

Concentric AI, Inc.

Website

https://concentric.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Concentric AI is a privately held San Jose-based cybersecurity vendor whose patented Semantic Intelligence platform uses context-aware AI to autonomously discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across cloud, on-premises, and GenAI environments for enterprise and mid-market buyers in healthcare, financial services, government, and technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA), Audit, Explainability & Accountability Tooling (traceability, reporting) (HDAAAKAL), AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

Keywords

• Data security posture management
• Data loss prevention
• AI data classification
• Cloud data security
• GenAI data governance

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Semantic Intelligence Subscription: Recurring SaaS subscription priced by the amount of structured and unstructured data scanned, with deployment via 100% SaaS. Customers gain autonomous data discovery, classification, risk monitoring, and remediation.
2. Semantic DLP Subscription: Recurring subscription for the Semantic DLP browser extension, priced by the number of users, providing GenAI prompt/response monitoring, shadow AI discovery, and category-aware data protection.
3. Channel/Reseller Program: Channel-first partner program offering revenue sharing, margins, rebates, and performance bonuses to resellers, MSSPs, and system integrators. Includes training, certification, and joint marketing initiatives.
4. Managed/Co-managed Services: Co-managed services offering alongside AI-driven insights to help businesses mitigate risk and streamline compliance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Core offering

Concentric AI builds and sells Semantic Intelligence, a 100% SaaS data security governance platform that uses patented, context-aware AI and deep learning to autonomously discover, categorize, classify, monitor, and remediate sensitive data across cloud, on-premises, and GenAI environments without agents, rules, or regex. It is complemented by Semantic DLP, a browser-extension offering that monitors generative AI prompts/responses and detects shadow AI, and by the Private Scan Manager deployment option that runs scanning workloads inside a customer's own Microsoft Azure tenant.

Product overview

Concentric AI offers a single unified SaaS platform called Semantic Intelligence — an AI-powered data security governance solution — augmented by add-on capabilities and deployment options rather than multiple standalone products. The core platform delivers context-aware data discovery, classification, Data Detection and Response (DDR), Data Access Governance, and Data Privacy and Compliance use cases. Semantic DLP extends the platform with category-aware data loss prevention across cloud, on-prem, and GenAI applications. Private Scan Manager is a deployment option (notably for Microsoft Azure) that keeps scanning infrastructure inside the customer's own tenant. Together, these offerings let organizations discover, classify, monitor, and remediate risk across structured and unstructured data wherever it lives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Semantic Intelligence: Patented, context-aware AI data security governance platform that automatically discovers, categorizes, classifies, monitors, and remediates sensitive data across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Semantic DLP

Products and services

• Semantic Intelligence 100% SaaS-based data security governance platform that uses patented, context-aware AI and deep learning to autonomously discover, categorize, classify, monitor, and remediate sensitive data across cloud, on-premises, and GenAI environments. Connects to 30+ data stores via API without agents, rules, or regex. Powers Category-Aware DLP, Data Access Governance, Data Privacy & Compliance, and Data Detection and Response use cases for enterprise customers.
• Semantic DLP Browser-extension-based, category-aware data loss prevention offering that monitors sensitive data across endpoints, cloud, collaboration tools, and generative AI applications. Detects shadow AI, identifies riskiest users and applications, prevents sensitive data from being shared with AI tools, and tracks prompts, responses, and policy violations. Priced by the number of users.
• Private Scan Manager for Microsoft Azure Deployment option for Semantic Intelligence that lets organizations run scanning workloads entirely within their own Microsoft Azure cloud tenant, supporting data residency and compliance for highly regulated industries such as government, healthcare, and financial services.
• Data Security for Generative AI Applications Capability offering within Semantic Intelligence and Semantic DLP that discovers, classifies, monitors, and protects sensitive data flowing into and used by generative AI applications (ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Perplexity). Provides category-aware AI guardrails (alert, warn, block, redact) and audit trails for GenAI usage, including an industry-first integration with the Anthropic Compliance API for Claude.

Quantifiable outcome

• 55% risk reduction in the first month (Baron Capital)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration51 records

AI capability10 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Anthropic (Claude Compliance API)flagshipTechnology or Integration · 15 May 2026Industry-first integration with the Anthropic Compliance API for Claude, enabling Concentric AI Semantic DLP to audit Claude Platform activity (prompts, responses, attachments) for both browser and app versions, including historical activity. Allows security teams to set category-aware AI guardrails (alert, warn, block, or redact) and maintain visibility into GenAI tool usage for compliance and audit.
• SektorcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 24 February 2026Distribution agreement announced February 24, 2026 appointing Sektor, a specialist cyber and information security distributor, as Concentric AI's authorized partner across Australia and New Zealand. Sektor provides regional channel partners (resellers, MSSPs, system integrators) with go-to-market support and local expertise to accelerate adoption of Concentric AI's data security governance platform as AI adoption and regulatory scrutiny accelerate in the region.
• KiteworksflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 January 2026Strategic partnership announced January 8, 2026 to deliver combined data security governance and enforcement capabilities for organizations sharing data externally. Combines Concentric AI's Semantic Intelligence context-based discovery and classification with Kiteworks' automated policy enforcement (encryption, access restrictions, watermarking) for data in motion. Supports HIPAA, GDPR, CMMC, and NIST 800-53 compliance. Joint market engagement through field events and industry-specific initiatives targeting healthcare, financial services, energy, and government.
• Swift SecuritycoreOthers · 1 July 2025Acquired by Concentric AI on July 1, 2025. Swift Security specializes in data-in-motion security and shadow IT management, extending Concentric AI's platform to cover data in motion and address GenAI / public AI application use cases.
• AcantecoreOthers · 1 July 2025Acquired by Concentric AI on July 1, 2025. Acante focuses on sanitizing training data and implementing role-based controls for AI models, enabling Concentric AI to secure data used in proprietary and public GenAI model training.
• Microsoft (Purview / Microsoft 365 ecosystem)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationDeep technology integration with Microsoft Purview, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Azure. Semantic Intelligence reads and applies MIP labels recognized by Purview, supercharging Purview's DLP and information protection policies with context-aware AI-driven discovery and classification.
• SnowflakecoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration providing data governance and DLP for Snowflake, with detection of unauthorized access, misconfigurations in access permissions, and data exfiltration attempts. Supports zero-trust practices, governance regulation compliance, and data loss prevention across the Snowflake instance.
• Amazon S3 (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration safeguarding AWS S3 data, addressing IAM misconfigurations, weak encryption, and compromised credentials. Detects unauthorized access attempts and triggers real-time alerts to security teams.
• Google WorkspacecoreTechnology or IntegrationNative data governance and DLP integration for Google Workspace (Google Drive, Gmail, etc.), classifying, monitoring, and protecting sensitive data against unauthorized access and leakage from misconfigured sharing and access controls.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationData governance and DLP integration for Salesforce, addressing malware, access-control misconfigurations, and weak authentication. Detects threats like unauthorized access attempts and data leakage, tracking data exfiltration attempts.
• Microsoft Office 365coreTechnology or IntegrationData governance integration for Office 365, monitoring IAM misconfigurations, project access, permissions, public exposure, project deletions, and suspicious connections.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Varonis Systems: Public data-security platform specializing in data governance, DSPM, and DLP across cloud and on-prem environments. Most directly comparable to Concentric in DSPM and category-aware data classification, and explicitly named by Concentric customers as the incumbent alternative.
• Cyera: AI-powered DSPM platform focused on cloud data discovery, classification, and risk remediation. Competes head-to-head with Concentric in the same Gartner DSPM category, with a similar AI-native architecture and enterprise go-to-market.
• BigID: Data intelligence platform for data discovery, classification, privacy, security, and governance. Overlaps with Concentric across DSPM, data classification, and privacy compliance for enterprise customers.
• Securiti: Unified data security, privacy, and governance platform combining DSPM, DLP, and AI governance. Closely comparable to Concentric's end-to-end data-security positioning, including GenAI data protection capabilities.
• Sentra: Cloud-native DSPM vendor focused on data discovery, classification, and posture management across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Snowflake. Directly comparable in target customer, cloud focus, and DSPM category participation.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Purview: Microsoft's bundled data governance, DLP, and information-protection suite integrated across Microsoft 365, Azure, and Copilot. The broad incumbent alternative Concentric positions against for Microsoft-centric enterprises.
• Amazon Macie: AWS-native data security and privacy service for discovering and protecting sensitive data in S3. Represents the hyperscaler-bundled alternative to Concentric's cloud data discovery and classification capabilities.
• Google Cloud Sensitive Data Protection (Cloud DLP): Google Cloud's native data discovery, classification, and DLP service. Comparable in function to Concentric's cloud data security coverage for Google Workspace and GCP customers.
• Proofpoint: Large incumbent in information protection, DLP, and data-loss prevention for email, endpoints, and cloud. Competes with Concentric's Semantic DLP in the broader enterprise DLP category and is named in DLP analyst rankings alongside Concentric.
• Rubrik (Laminar): Data security and resilience vendor that acquired Laminar, a DSPM specialist. Competes with Concentric in DSPM while offering a broader data management and protection portfolio as an incumbent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance23 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors9 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A2 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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