The Israeli startup that secures AI agents has raised $30 million
Cybersecurity company Hush Security has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round. The startup is developing a platform to secure AI agents and other non-human identities within corporate networks.
Cybersecurity company Hush Security has raised $30 million in a Series A round with the participation of Akamai Technologies, which joined as a strategic investor alongside existing investors who increased their investment: Battery Ventures, which led the round, and YL Ventures, which led the seed round. The round, held less than a year after the company emerged from stealth, brings the total investment in it since its inception to $41 million.
Hush was founded in 2024 by Micha Raveh (CEO), Shmulik Ladkani (CTO), Alon Horowitz (VP R&D), and Chen Nisankern (CCO). The four previously worked together at Meta Networks, which developed a Zero Trust platform for secure access to enterprise applications and was acquired in 2019 by Proofpoint for $120 million. The company currently employs 31 people in Israel and the USA.
Hush is developing a platform that secures AI agents and other non-human identities, including accounts used by systems and services. Each agent is registered in a central system, linked to the organization's existing identity and permissions framework, and does not hold secrets, API keys, or permanent access credentials. Instead, it receives JIT (Just-in-Time) permissions at the time of operation, only for the necessary resources and for the required duration. Every action is documented, and the organization can revoke access or stop it when necessary.
Hush's approach is based on controlling actual permissions: each AI agent receives the exact level of permissions according to the user who activates it. The platform detects AI agents operating in the cloud, on employee computers, and on AI platforms, including those launched without a regulated organizational process. It centralizes information about their identity, activity, and the permissions granted to them, maintaining full documentation for audit and compliance purposes.
Hush serves Fortune 500 clients, including Kyndryl, the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider. Kyndryl implemented the Hush platform for internal use and began offering it to its corporate clients as well. The investment funds will be used to expand development and sales teams and to expand business partnerships.
In a conversation with Calcalist, Micha Raveh, the company's CEO and one of its founders, said:
"The company was founded two years ago, and we entered the world of non-human identities. The world of human identities was solved by companies like CyberArk. None of the companies in the field that were established to solve non-human identities solved the problem. Our solution, which we sell to leading companies in the world, discovers non-human identities and moves them to an identity-based system. We are offering a new world that works better."
According to him, the company recently applied its solution to AI agents:
"Recently, we applied our solution to AI agents, which caused a major disruption to the industry. Today, everyone's attention is only on AI, and we are expanding our platform. There are currently point solutions only for some of the agents, and we provide an infrastructure solution. I am expanding what Okta does."
"There are many companies that have been established that are quick-fix companies for a tactical problem, and that is too narrow. There is a need for a larger platform," added Raveh. "The world has exploded with cyber companies because there are many opportunities. It is very similar to the security world; there are tons of solutions there. The world of agents and identities needs many companies, and in the end, there will be consolidation in the field because all the big companies need to know how to provide a solution for this world."
