Artificial intelligence security and governance platform startup Lumia Security Inc. today revealed that it has raised $18 million in new funding to expand engineering and research, deepen integrations with major AI ecosystems and enterprise infrastructure, and scale up its go-to-market efforts.
The company was founded in 2024 by Omri Iluz, the former co-founder and chief executive officer of PerimeterX Inc. (now part of Human Security Inc.), and Bobi Gilburd, the former chief technology officer of Israel’s Unit 8200 (both pictured). Lumia is aiming to help enterprises adopt AI, including autonomous agents, safely and securely.
The company’s governance and security platform is built specifically for the age of AI, where businesses are increasingly embedding task-specific AI agents into workflows. It gives organizations deep visibility and control over how those agents and human users interact with AI tools.
Lumia deploys at the network layer, not on endpoints, so that enterprises don’t need to install agents on every device. Instead, it monitors AI-driven activity across systems and applications in an infrastructure-native way. The platform can support thousands of AI applications and, in doing so, simplify governance even in complex, large-scale environments. It continuously evaluates AI exposure risks, enforces dynamic policies and provides full visibility and control into what agents do, under which permissions and across which systems.
Core to the offering is what Lumia called a “Protocol Analysis Engine” which helps the platform to understand different AI modalities and protocols, automatically analyzing AI interactions, assessing risk and enforcing policies dynamically and at scale. The engine allows organizations to adopt AI broadly for productivity, automation and innovation without sacrificing security or compliance, which is important for sensitive industries like finance or tech that handle private data.
“The pressure on chief information security officers is huge — they cannot afford to be the ones pulling back the business on the greatest productivity boost in this century,” said Lumia co-founder and CEO Iluz. “However, AI introduces risks that the business just cannot afford. Lumia allows enterprises to adopt AI securely and responsibly. Allowing broad usage while putting seamless controls in place.”
The seed round was led by Team8 Capital, with New Era Capital also participating. As part of the announcement, the company is also appointing Admiral Michael Rogers, former director of the U.S. National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command, to its advisory board.
“Autonomous AI is accelerating faster than most organizations are prepared for,” said Admiral Rogers. “Enterprises need early visibility, clear guardrails and a framework for accountability before these systems become embedded in every workflow.”
Photo: Lumia Security
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