Pluto Security Raises $42 Million to Protect AI Agent Workflows
Summary
Pluto Security emerged from stealth with a $42 million Series A to secure agentic workspaces. The startup says it monitors endpoint context and enforces controls on tools, user-created agents, integrations, and generated applications.
Key points
- The Tel Aviv-based startup raised a $42 million Series A led by Jump Capital; it also completed an earlier seed round led by TLV Partners.
- CEO Shahar Bahat says Pluto uses lightweight local models to provide security telemetry while limiting CPU and latency overhead.
- The company says it addresses access and identity risks, prompt injection, agent misbehavior, MCP risks, and tampering in skills, packages, and extensions.
- Pluto says it offers a vetted catalog of skills and extensions and can apply controls such as authentication, secrets management, and restricted integrations.
- The company says its platform secures more than 1.5 million endpoints and is designed to extend across endpoints, browsers, and cloud sandboxes.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Funding announcement: Pluto Security emerged from stealth after raising $42 million in a Series A round led by Jump Capital.
- Impact
- Pluto Security plans to secure agentic workflows and workspaces using endpoint context, local lightweight models, and preventative controls. The company says its platform addresses access and identity risks, prompt injection, agent misbehavior, MCP risks, and tampering or malicious code in skills, packages, and extensions. It reports more than 1.5 million secured endpoints; no specific breach or attack incident is reported.