Straiker
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About
Straiker is a Mountain View-based agentic security company that discovers, tests, and protects enterprise AI agents 12. The platform delivers comprehensive discovery of AI agents across enterprise environments, pre-deployment adversarial testing to surface vulnerabilities, and runtime protection that monitors activity and stops threats as they happen 12. The company was founded in 2025 by CEO Ankur Shah, who previously ran Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Cloud business, and CTO Sreenath Kurupati, who led AI and security research at Akamai after it acquired his fraud-detection startup Cyberfend 2. Straiker says it has grown run-rate revenue by more than 15x in less than a year and counts frontier AI labs and Fortune 500 enterprises among its customers 12.
Disclaimer: This is a lean profile built from initial round coverage and may be expanded as more information becomes available.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | Series A | $64M | Marathon Management Partners | Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial, Workday Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed 123 |
The Series A brought total funding to $85 million 12. Gokul Rajaram, Founding Partner at Marathon Management Partners, joined Straiker’s Board of Directors as part of the round 12.
What Investors Say
“Enterprises need a purpose-built solution given the magnitude of the problem. Straiker will be one of the few companies that define how agents are secured.” — Gokul Rajaram, Founding Partner, Marathon Management Partners, quoted in the June 29, 2026 announcement 1
What Founders Say
“Demand is outpacing anything we forecast. This round goes straight into product, our STAR Labs threat research, and the global expansion our enterprise customers are pulling us toward.” — Ankur Shah, Co-Founder & CEO, Straiker, quoted in the June 29, 2026 announcement 1
Sources
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PR Newswire, “Straiker Raises $64M Series A to Secure the Agentic Workforce,” June 29, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/straiker-raises-64m-series-a-to-secure-the-agentic-workforce-302812638.html↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Tech Startups, “AI security startup Straiker raises $64M Series A as enterprises rush to secure AI agents,” June 29, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techstartups.com/2026/06/29/straiker-raises-64m-series-a-as-enterprises-rush-to-secure-ai-agents/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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SecurityWeek, “Straiker Raises $64 Million for AI Security Platform,” June 29, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.securityweek.com/straiker-raises-64-million-for-ai-security-platform/↩