Lasso Security launches CPU-only AI guardrail, raises $30M
Artificial intelligence security startup Lasso Security Ltd. today launched a guardrail for AI applications that runs on ordinary server processors, with no graphics chip required. The product is called LEAP. Lasso also announced $30 million in new funding. Enterprises that put guardrails in front of production AI systems typically run every request through a second […] The post Lasso Security…
Artificial intelligence security startup Lasso Security Ltd. has unveiled LEAP, a CPU-only AI guardrail that operates without requiring a graphics processing unit. The product, which returned a verdict in under five milliseconds and boasts thousands of times the throughput of existing guardrails, was announced alongside a $30 million funding round.
Companies typically run every request through a large language model when implementing guardrails, a process that becomes costly and resource-intensive. LEAP addresses this issue by transformer-free and efficiently inspecting both what AI agents say and what they do. According to co-founders Elad Schulman and Ophir Dror, security is now crucial for enterprises dealing with AI.
The software, deployed across financial services, insurance, hospitality, and automotive industries, has secured customers including BMW AG, eToro Group Ltd., Fiverr International Ltd., and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The recent funding, led by ClearSky Advisors, will be used to expand the engineering team, pursue federal and regulated-industry accounts, and increase sales coverage in North America and Europe.
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