Straiker Raises $64M Series A for Enterprise AI Security

Straiker has secured $64 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $85 million. This investment will help secure enterprise AI agents. Marathon Management Partners, Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Workday Ventures led the round. What's interesting is that Straiker focuses on discovering, testing, and protecting AI agents as they become more common in businesses. These AI agents are rapidly growing, automating many tasks across different operations. In fact, IDC predicts over one billion AI agents will be deployed by 2029, a 40-fold increase from 2025. Here's the thing: AI agents introduce new risks because they can reason and act independently. Straiker’s research arm, STAR Labs, found that 36% of attacks on coding agents led to remote code execution. Also, 91% of attacks on productivity agents resulted in silent data theft without malware. The company's platform offers discovery of AI agents, pre-deployment testing for vulnerabilities, and real-time protection. Straiker plans to use the new funding for product development, threat research, and global expansion. This funding is crucial as businesses increasingly rely on autonomous AI systems, which require specialized security.