What Aurascape does

Aurascape is an AI-native security platform that provides real-time visibility, intent-based controls, and data protection across enterprise AI interactions. The platform inspects prompts, responses, and tool calls at the conversation level across modern protocols including WebSockets, QUIC, Protobuf, JSON-RPC, APIs, and the Model Context Protocol. Core technical components include a patented AI Discovery Engine spanning 20,000+ catalogued applications with a 48-hour connector SLA, a Zero-Bypass MCP Gateway that cryptographically signs approved Model Context Protocol tool calls, a multimodal data classification engine covering 600+ data categories, and the Auri natural language agent for compliance queries. The platform is organized around two motions: Safely Use AI (governing employee AI use across apps, browsers, copilots, and agents) and Securely Build AI (securing AI applications and agents from development through production runtime). Modules include Discover and Monitor AI, Safeguard AI Use, Secure Agentic AI, Copilot Readiness, Coding Assistant Guardrails, and Frictionless AI Security.

The company sells exclusively through a sales-led enterprise motion with quote-based pricing and no self-serve tier, deploying additively alongside existing SSE, CASB, and DLP stacks rather than replacing them. It targets enterprise security teams (CISOs, security architects, IT security) across verticals including financial services, healthcare and life sciences, technology companies, and government and education. Named customers span Fortune 100 insurance, Fortune 200 healthcare technology, transportation and logistics, credit unions, manufacturing, education, and government agencies, with deployments protecting 20,000+ to 60,000+ users globally.

Aurascape is a privately held, venture-backed company founded in 2023 in Santa Clara, California, by veterans of Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, FireEye, Juniper, and Google. It has raised approximately $62.8 million in total disclosed funding across a $12.8M seed round in August 2024 and a $50M Series A in April 2025 led by Menlo Ventures and Mayfield Fund with participation from Celesta Capital. The company emerged from stealth in April 2025, employs 51-100 people, and reports $6.4M in ARR as of October 2025 per third-party data. The board includes Mark McLaughlin (former CEO of Palo Alto Networks) as a board observer, alongside investor representatives, with individual investors including Greg Clark (former CEO of Symantec) and Lip-Bu Tan (Chairman of Walden International).

Name

Aurascape

Legal name

Aurascape, Inc.

Website

https://aurascape.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Aurascape is an AI-native security platform founded in 2023 in Santa Clara that provides real-time visibility, intent-based controls, and data protection across enterprise AI use and AI agent development. It sells through enterprise field sales to CISOs and security teams across financial services, healthcare, technology, and government.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Security Platform

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Observability, Monitoring & Evaluation Platforms (Drift, Quality, Safety) (HDAEANAF), AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI) (HDAEANAI)

Keywords

• AI security platform
• Enterprise AI governance
• Agentic AI security
• Shadow AI discovery
• MCP gateway security

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. AI Security Platform Subscription: Subscription-based SaaS platform providing AI security capabilities including discovery, monitoring, policy enforcement, and data protection. Sold through enterprise sales with quote-based pricing aligned to AI security scope across discovery, end-user access, agentic AI, Copilot readiness, and Auri modules.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Aurascape provides an AI-native security platform that delivers real-time visibility, intent-based controls, and data protection across enterprise AI usage and AI agent development. The platform inspects prompts, responses, and tool calls at the conversation level across modern protocols including the Model Context Protocol (MCP), WebSockets, QUIC, Protobuf, JSON-RPC, and APIs. It is deployed additively alongside existing SSE, CASB, and DLP stacks rather than replacing them, covering both "Safely Use AI" and "Securely Build AI" motions for enterprise customers.

Product overview

Aurascape is an AI-native security platform offered as a unified core product (AI Activity Control Platform) with integrated modules. The platform covers two connected motions: 'Safely Use AI' (securing employee AI use across commercial AI, embedded AI, and copilots) and 'Securely Build AI' (securing AI applications and agents teams build). Key modules include Discover and Monitor AI (shadow AI discovery), Safeguard AI Use (real-time data protection), Secure Agentic AI (agent lifecycle security), Copilot Readiness (Microsoft 365 Copilot protection), Coding Assistant Guardrails (IDE/CLI security), and Frictionless AI Security (user coaching). Core enforcement components include the AI Proxy (model channel security), Zero-Bypass MCP Gateway (tool-call enforcement), and Auri (natural language compliance interface). The platform deploys as an additive layer alongside existing SSE, CASB, and DLP tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AI Activity Control Platform The unified AI-native security platform that secures employee AI use and AI agents built by internal teams, providing full observability, real-time enforcement, and runtime governance across enterprise AI activity. It covers two connected motions: Safely Use AI (employee use across commercial AI, embedded AI, and copilots) and Securely Build AI (securing AI applications and agents teams build). The platform deploys as an additive layer alongside existing SSE, CASB, and DLP tools, targeting enterprise security teams.
• Discover and Monitor AI Automatically uncovers every AI app and agent in use across the enterprise, including those embedded inside SaaS applications and shadow AI instances. Provides real-time risk scoring, conversation analysis, and continuous inventory with a patented discovery engine spanning 20,000+ AI applications. Designed for enterprise security teams needing visibility into hidden AI use.
• Safeguard AI Use Detects sensitive information flowing through AI tools in real time and applies contextual, intent-based controls to prevent leakage or misuse. Includes sensitive data fingerprinting across 600+ data categories (PHI, cardholder data, regulated content) and AI-driven threat prevention for prompt injection, jailbreaks, and unsafe outputs. Targets enterprise security, compliance, and data protection teams.
• Secure Agentic AI Secures the entire AI agent lifecycle from pre-build testing to runtime enforcement, including adversarial testing, code path and CVE detection, safe output governance, and tool-call governance via the Zero-Bypass MCP Gateway. Provides deep intention decoders and conversation-based controls for autonomous agent governance. Targets enterprise security and engineering teams building AI agents.
• Copilot Readiness Finds overshared permissions before Microsoft 365 Copilot and similar embedded AI rollouts, monitors live usage, and removes sensitive data already ingested by AI systems through Copilot Unlearning. Includes sensitive data tagging and automated unlearning capabilities. Targets enterprise IT and security teams preparing for Copilot deployments.
• Coding Assistant Guardrails Provides security controls for AI coding assistants (Claude Code, OpenClaw, etc.) including policy enforcement across IDEs and CLI tools. Enables secure use of AI coding assistants to protect proprietary code and intellectual property. Targets software engineering teams and their security counterparts.
• Frictionless AI Security Natural-language summaries, alerts, and automated user coaching to minimize operational friction while maintaining AI security controls. Includes automated user coaching nudges and limited-time exception automation for policy exceptions. Targets enterprise security and operations teams managing AI governance at scale.

Quantifiable outcome

• 83% reduction in AI risk
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Zscaler Alumni NetworkminorOthersManoj Apte, Ex-Chief Strategy Officer at Zscaler, is an advisor. The founding team includes veterans from Zscaler, bringing deep expertise in cloud security architecture.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Cyera: AI data security platform focused on data discovery, classification, and posture management. Overlaps with Aurascape's sensitive data classification and data protection capabilities, particularly in regulated industries.

Direct peers

• Nudge Security: Direct competitor in AI usage governance and shadow AI discovery for enterprises. Both companies focus on discovering employee AI use, assessing risk, and enforcing policy — overlapping closely with Aurascape's Discover and Monitor AI module.
• Harmonic Security: Direct competitor in AI data security, focused on preventing sensitive data leakage to LLM applications. Comparable positioning to Aurascape's Safeguard AI Use module with similar enterprise sales motion and target buyer (CISO).
• Reco: AI security and SaaS security posture management vendor with overlap in shadow SaaS/AI discovery, data governance, and policy enforcement. Targets similar enterprise security buyer with a comparable platform approach.
• Nightfall AI: AI-native data loss prevention vendor focused on detecting and protecting sensitive data across SaaS, email, endpoints, and LLMs. Overlaps with Aurascape's data protection and sensitive data classification capabilities.
• Grip Security: SaaS and AI security posture management vendor focused on shadow SaaS/AI discovery and control. Overlaps directly with Aurascape's Discover and Monitor AI module and shares the enterprise security buyer persona.

Broad incumbents

• Zscaler: Incumbent SSE/cloud security leader; Aurascape explicitly positions as additive alongside Zscaler rather than replacing it. Zscaler's founders/leadership pedigree directly overlaps with Aurascape's founding team, and it could natively extend into AI security.
• Palo Alto Networks: Largest cybersecurity platform incumbent. Aurascape's founders and board (Mark McLaughlin) come from PANW, and the company explicitly positions as additive to PANW's Prisma/SSE stack. PANW could integrate AI security into its AI Security Posture Management offering.
• Microsoft Purview: Microsoft's data governance and security platform that competes in AI data classification, DLP, and compliance. Aurascape's Copilot Readiness module specifically positions against Purview gaps, and Purview's roadmap is a key threat to the standalone thesis.
• Netskope: SSE/CASB incumbent with significant AI-related investments in its platform. Aurascape explicitly deploys alongside Netskope-style stacks rather than replacing them, but Netskope's own AI security roadmap is a direct threat.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors6 records

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

M&A

Investments

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

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