How much funding has Straiker raised?

Straiker has raised $85.0M in total funding, most recently a Series A round.

Who are Straiker's investors?

Straiker's investors include Marathon Management Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed VP, Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial, Workday Ventures.

Where is Straiker headquartered?

Straiker is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States.

What industry is Straiker in?

Straiker operates in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity.

Straiker

The Agentic AI Security Company

Sunnyvale, United States · Founded 2025 · $85.0M raised

Artificial Intelligence

Cybersecurity

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Employees: 1–10
Founded: 2025
Business Model: B2B

Website: straiker.ai
Total Funding: $85.0M
Last Round: $64.0M Series AJun 2026
Rounds: 2

About

Straiker is an AI-native security platform that protects enterprise AI agents and applications across their full lifecycle — from discovery and adversarial testing to real-time runtime defense. Its three products — Discover AI (visibility and governance), Ascend AI (adversarial red-teaming), and Defend AI (runtime threat blocking) — cover prompt injection, data exfiltration, tool poisoning, and agent hijacking. Founded in 2025 by cybersecurity veterans Ankur Shah (former SVP at Palo Alto Networks) and Sreenath Kurupati (former VP at Akamai), Straiker secured Fortune 500 customers and frontier AI labs within its first year, raising $85M across seed and Series A rounds.

Summary

Straiker is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Sunnyvale, United States, founded in 2025. It has raised $85.0M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $64.0M Series A round in Jun 2026. Investors include Marathon Management Partners, Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed VP.

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