The primary challenge with providing enterprise employees access to AI tools is the tendency to use them in unexpected ways, creating new security vulnerabilities within corporate systems.
Shahar Bahat, CEO and co-founder of Pluto Security, highlighted this rapid adoption by noting that new AI tools can infiltrate a company's environment within just two hours of their release.
Her startup detects that approximately 60% of risks across its customer base stem from "vibe-coded" apps created by non-developers, with finance departments being the largest source of these threats.
A specific example cited by Bahat involved a Fortune 500 finance employee building an unauthorized app to manage customer information, which was left exposed to the internet.
Pluto Security, emerging from stealth with a $42 million funding round, is part of a new wave of startups designed to address these security gaps, challenging the effectiveness of traditional security software.
Bahat revealed that since beginning sales in April, the company has surpassed $2 million in annual recurring revenue and secured over 30 enterprise clients, including Oscar Health and Workato.
The funding consists of an $8.5 million seed round led by TLV Partners and a $34 million Series A led by Jump Capital, with participation from Skinos and other investors.
According to Bahat, her team finds malicious components in nearly every Proof of Concept (POC), noting that some extensions contained active live attacks during their testing.
Pluto's core solution focuses on monitoring "agent behavior" in real time, shifting the security focus from what employees build to what AI agents are actually doing.
The software connects to endpoint security systems to gather information on prompts, commands, and permissions, utilizing lightweight models to assess potential threats.
Bahat emphasized that the system can intervene directly during an agent's session, such as stopping an action or injecting instructions if an agent attempts to gain unauthorized permissions.
To generate leads, Pluto launched Plutonium, a free platform that allows professionals to check risks in public AI skills and verified components, which has drawn thousands of users.
The company plans to invest the new capital into product development, security research, and expanding its U.S. presence, currently employing 40 people across the U.S. and Israel.
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