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Lakera, a San Francisco, CA-based real-time generative AI security company, raised $20M in Series A funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $30M, was led by Atomico, with participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures, and existing investors including redalpine. As part of this round, Atomico Partner Sasha Vidiborskiy will join Lakera’s board.
The company intends to use the funds to invest further in its product development and expand its presence in the US, where it already has a foothold in Silicon Valley.
Founded by David Haber, Mateo Rojas-Carulla and Matthias Kraft in 2021, Lakera is a real-time GenAI security company whose comprehensive approach to AI security delivers three key benefits for enterprises: protection that doesn’t slow down their AI applications; the ability to stay ahead of AI threats with continuously evolving intelligence; and centralized implementation of AI security controls.
Lakera uses AI to continuously evolve defenses, so customers can stay ahead of emerging threats.