Israeli AI Security Startup Pluto Security Raises $42 Million

Pluto Security, an Israeli cybersecurity firm, has announced it has raised a total of $42 million, with approximately $34 million secured in its latest funding round. In less than six months of commercial operation, the company has achieved millions in annual recurring revenue, protecting over one million endpoints for more than 40 enterprise clients. The recent funding round was led by Jump Capital, with participation from Skinos Ventures, founded by Shlomo Kramer, and AlphaDrive Ventures. The seed round was previously led by TLV Partners and included Ansa Capital. Notable investors from the Israeli cyber industry, including Ariel Maislos, Evgeni Dibrov, and Nadir Israel, co-founders of Armis, alongside Sharin Fisher Dibrov, Slavik Markovitz, Asaf Ezra, and Idan Tandler, are also among the investors.

Pluto Security addresses the growing challenge of employees using AI tools to build applications, agents, and workflows, even without development expertise. This practice introduces numerous third-party plugins, code packages, and other components into organizational networks, complicating traditional security measures. The company's platform provides security teams with comprehensive visibility into the organization's AI environment, monitoring employee usage and the applications they create. It analyzes real-time actions, enabling the blocking of risky activities without halting AI tool usage. Pluto reports that its clients utilize hundreds of different AI components, through which employees build thousands of applications.

The company was founded in 2025 by CEO Shahar Bahat, CPO Tal Ofer Regev, and CTO Gil Maman. Bahat previously held senior management roles at Microsoft and Palo Alto Networks, Regev was a VP of R&D at Palo Alto Networks, and Maman served in cyber R&D and security engineering roles in Unit 8200. Pluto Security currently employs over 40 people in Israel and the United States. The newly raised capital will fund further product development, research, and expansion in the U.S. market.

Among Pluto's clients are Oscar Health, Workato, Sixt, and AlphaSense, as well as several Fortune 500 companies. The company's rapid adoption by enterprise clients is highlighted as a key factor accompanying the funding round. In addition to its commercial product, Pluto also invests in research and offers free tools to the information security community, such as Plutonium, which assesses risks in AI components. This tool, based on Pluto's RisksDB database, is used by thousands of security professionals who also contribute data. The company states that this initiative has become a significant business growth channel, with many opportunities arising from organizations proactively reaching out.