Sentra Raises $150 Million To Secure Data From AI Agents In Growing Enterprise AI Adoption
With the rise of AI agent adoption among enterprises, these automated tools now have unlimited access to company files and customer records. However, most companies still can’t say exactly what The post Sentra Raises $150 Million To Secure Data From AI Agents In Growing Enterprise AI Adoption appeared first on Ventureburn .
As AI agents gain popularity among enterprises, these automated tools now have unrestricted access to company files and customer records. However, many organizations are still unaware of the extent of data these agents can view. Sentra, a New York and Tel Aviv-based company, has raised $150 million in a new funding round led by Capital One Ventures to secure the data before it is accessed by these agents. The total funding for Sentra now stands at $250 million.
Capital One Ventures also received a board seat in the company, while existing backers such as Bessemer Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, Standard Investments, Munich Re Ventures, and Key1 Capital all participated in the funding round. The Sentra team consists of four cybersecurity veterans, including CEO Yoav Regev and President Asaf Kochan, both former Unit 8200 commanders.
Sentra offers four security tools: Discovery, Data Discovery and Risk (DDR), Data Access Governance, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Essentially, Sentra can locate sensitive data, map who or what can access it, and limit unnecessary access. Sentra operates within your own environment, meaning your sensitive data never leaves your premises.
It functions in three stages: before an incident, it classifies data and enforces least privilege; during an incident, it flags unusual access and revokes permissions; and after an incident, it provides a detailed account of what the agent could have accessed.
AI agents are now the primary consumers of enterprise data, often inheriting permissions that are not properly reviewed. A single employee with excessive access is a concern, but an AI agent with the same access, making thousands of queries per hour, poses a much larger risk. Companies like Lyft are already utilizing Sentra, with their CISO, Chaim Sanders, emphasizing the need to monitor what agents can access before deploying them.
The $150 million funding will be used to enhance visibility into agents and copilots, implement continuous least-privilege controls, improve containment when an agent misbehaves, and double the team size. Sentra plans to open a London office and target U.S. federal deals starting late 2027. This funding round is significant, as Cyera recently achieved a $12 billion valuation after raising $600 million, Zenity secured $125 million in August, and Veeam agreed to purchase Securiti for $1.725 billion last year.
The involvement of Capital One Ventures, a leading venture arm of a bank, highlights the growing importance of AI data security in the market.
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