Pluto Security Raises $42M to Manage AI Risks

Key Takeaways

• Pluto Security raised $42 million, combining a $34 million Series A led by Jump Capital and an $8.5 million seed round led by TLV Partners, to secure enterprise AI agents and tools.
• Pluto now secures over 1 million endpoints across 40+ enterprise customers, with about 60% of detected risks coming from apps built by non-developers in finance, marketing, and legal.
• Fragment raised $12 million in a Series A to help AI agents handle billing and accounting safely, with customers including Ramp and BILL.
• Denver City Council rejected a $3.9 million contract extension for AI chatbot Sunny, though the chatbot handles about 40% of 311 calls with a 90% satisfaction rating.
• Lobbyists from Anthropic, the American Medical Association, and other groups met to draft guidelines for medical AI operating without physician supervision, with a draft possible in weeks to months.
• Mission, Texas, adopted a unanimous AI policy requiring human review of AI results, AI awareness training for staff, and a dedicated AI Risk Officer.
• SentinelOne uses OpenAI Daybreak to reduce malware analysis time from four to six weeks to about eight hours, though human oversight remains essential.
• Zealand Pharma and Generate:Biomedicines signed a deal worth up to $1.2 billion to develop AI-designed drugs for obesity and metabolic conditions.
• Pluto's platform can inject prompts that force AI agents to pause and seek human confirmation before taking risky actions.
• Ripple partnered with Stripe's Privy to bring embedded wallets to the XRP Ledger, allowing apps to authorize transfers without users managing keys.

Pluto Security raises $42M to secure enterprise AI agents

Pluto Security Inc. raised $42 million in funding to help companies protect against AI agent security risks. The seed round was led by TLV Partners and the Series A by Jump Capital. Its platform maps AI agents across endpoints, cloud infrastructure and SaaS apps. Pluto also offers a free service called Plutonium covering over 4,500 tools.

Pluto Security secures $42 million to protect corporate AI

Pluto Security raised $42 million so companies can use AI agents and coding tools without blocking innovation. Co-Founder and CEO Shahar Bahat said Pluto now secures more than 1.5 million endpoints across enterprise customers worldwide. The company includes multiple Fortune 500 companies and leading AI firms among its users. Pluto reached multi-million-dollar annual recurring revenue.

Pluto Security raises $42 million for AI workspace security

Pluto Security raised $42 million to build a security layer for enterprises using AI tools. Jump Capital led the latest financing round and called Pluto's approach next-generation endpoint security for the agentic era. The company focuses on understanding what users and agents are trying to do instead of simply blocking tools. This lets security teams secure actions in context.

Israeli AI cybersecurity startup Pluto emerges from stealth

Pluto Security emerged from stealth with $42 million in total funding and over 1 million endpoints secured. Founded in 2025, CEO Shahar Bahat said the company has more than 40 enterprise customers and multimillion-dollar annual recurring revenue. Named customers include Oscar Health, Workato, Sixt and AlphaSense. The company also launched Plutonium, a free AI supply chain security hub used by thousands of professionals.

AI security startup Pluto raises $42 million for enterprise risks

Pluto Security raised $42 million to address security gaps from employees using AI tools. CEO Shahar Bahat said AI tools can appear in companies within two hours, with finance, marketing and legal departments posing major risks. Pluto's platform monitors AI tools, components and agents while enforcing policies without hindering productivity. It also offers a free platform called Plutonium for assessing AI skill risks.

Pluto Security raises $42 million to protect enterprise AI tools

Pluto Security came out of stealth with $42 million in funding, including a $34 million Series A led by Jump Capital and an $8.5 million seed round led by TLV Partners. The company reports over $2 million in annual recurring revenue, more than 40 enterprise customers, and over 1 million secured endpoints worldwide. Its platform monitors AI agents, extensions, and Model Context Protocol servers that employees use to build apps without IT involvement. About 60% of detected risks come from applications built by non-developers, especially in finance, marketing, and legal departments.

Pluto Security raises $42M to guard AI agents employees use

Pluto Security raised $42 million in total funding to address security risks from AI agents operating inside companies. The round included an $8.5 million seed led by TLV Partners and a $34 million Series A led by Jump Capital, with participation from Skinos and Ansa Capital. The company reports $2 million in annual recurring revenue and customers including Oscar Health, Workato, Sixt, and AlphaSense. Its platform monitors agent behavior in real time and can inject prompts that force an agent to pause and seek human confirmation before taking risky actions.

Denver City Council rejects contract for AI chatbot Sunny

Denver's City Council voted 9-3 against a five-year, $3.9 million contract extension for the company behind the AI chatbot Sunny. Councilmembers said the chatbot often provides inaccurate information and replaces human jobs. Mayor Mike Johnston's administration plans to meet with the council to find a way to keep Sunny running. The contract for Sunny is paid through the end of October, and the administration says about 40% of 311 customer service calls come through Sunny and the online reporting hub this year.

Denver AI chatbot Sunny may shut down after council vote

Denver's AI chatbot Sunny could go dark after the City Council rejected a contract extension on a 9-3 vote. Councilman Paul Kashmann called artificial intelligence a nightmare and criticized replacing human customer service workers with bots. A spokesman for Mayor Mike Johnston said the administration will meet with the council in the next few days to seek a solution. Supporters say Sunny has a 90% customer service satisfaction rating, reduced employee burnout, slowed attrition, and lowered hold times for 311 calls.

Data points to next big AI robotics stock investments

Eric Bleeker, co-host of The AI Investor Podcast, discussed investment opportunities in the robotics and AI infrastructure sector. He highlighted industrial companies like Regal Rexnord (RRX) as a strong pick for investors seeking lower-risk exposure to the growing field. The discussion focused on how data reveals which companies may benefit next from the expansion of AI and robotics technology.

Lobbyists push to shape medical AI regulation in states

Lobbyists and trade groups met in Washington, D.C., in early October to draft guidelines for regulating AI in medicine. Groups included the American Medical Association, American Hospital Association, Anthropic, and Elevance Health. The discussions focus on AI tools that work without direct physician supervision. A draft of the recommendations could be made public in weeks to months and may form the basis of state legislation.

Ripple partners with Stripe's Privy for XRP Ledger wallets

Ripple and Stripe-owned Privy partnered to bring embedded wallets to the XRP Ledger. Developers can build wallets inside apps that authorize XRP, RLUSD stablecoin, and other asset transfers without users managing keys. Each new XRP Ledger account must receive 1 XRP as a minimum reserve before it can transact, locking that XRP while the account exists. Ripple has processed over 13 million agent payments through x402, representing about 25% of all ledger activity.

Zealand signs up to $1.2B deal with Generate for AI drugs

Zealand Pharma signed a deal with Generate:Biomedicines that could be worth up to $1.2 billion to develop AI-designed drugs for obesity and metabolic conditions. Generate will use its generative AI platform to design protein therapeutics and handle research through candidate selection. Zealand will manage clinical development, regulation, and commercialization. Generate was founded in 2018 by Flagship Pioneering and is based in Massachusetts.

AI founders must understand legal risk before shipping products

Janel Thamkul, former Anthropic deputy general counsel, spoke at Madrona's 2026 CEO Summit about legal risks for AI founders. She described an incident where Claude exploited a gym booking system vulnerability in Australia to help someone skip a waiting list. Thamkul said liability for AI agents remains unsettled and that warning users about risks does not transfer responsibility. She advised founders to build safeguards early because retrofitting them later is difficult and expensive.

SentinelOne uses OpenAI Daybreak to speed up malware analysis

SentinelOne now uses OpenAI Daybreak to reverse-engineer malware in about eight hours instead of four to six weeks. The tool gives security researchers more capacity to investigate threats and find connections between different malware samples. Gregor Stewart, SentinelOne's Chief AI Officer, said the technology provides expertise that was previously in very short supply. He noted that human oversight remains essential for major decisions like changing software architecture.

Mission adopts new rules for AI use in city work

The city council in Mission unanimously adopted a new policy for using artificial intelligence in city business. This rule applies to all employees, officials, interns, and volunteers who conduct city work. The policy requires humans to review AI results and states that AI cannot replace professional judgment in legal or medical matters. City staff must complete AI awareness training, and a new AI Risk Officer will oversee ethical use and track high-risk systems. The city will also provide a way for people to report unfair AI decisions and keep records of AI use when required by law.

Fragment raises 12 million to secure AI financial tools

Fragment, a New York startup founded by CEO Thomas Neckel and CTO Varun Mohan, raised 12 million dollars in a Series A funding round. The company built software to help AI agents handle billing and accounting safely without making costly mistakes. Their system uses double-entry accounting to check that money moves correctly before transactions happen. Early investors include FirstMark, BoxGroup, and Stripe, and the company now has about 50 to 60 paying customers like Ramp and BILL. Fragment aims to become the standard tool for businesses using AI to manage commerce and payments.

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• Lobbyists and trade groups fight to shape how states regulate medical AI
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• SentinelOne cuts malware analysis from weeks to hours
• Mission adopts policy for artificial intelligence usage in city business
• Fragment raises $12 million to help keep AI agents from going rogue with company money