Lakera

AI Security

Author

Peniel Keme Kitoko
May 27, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

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The World’s Most Advanced AI Security Platform.

  Problem

  • Market Potential: Enterprises are rapidly adopting generative AI but face significant security challenges.

  • Challenge: Ensuring AI applications are secure is critical but complex.

  • Lacking Tool: Existing security solutions don’t address AI-specific threats.

    • Extra Barriers: Risks include prompt injections, PII leaks, and harmful content generation.

This issue's Startup provides a comprehensive AI security platform for developers and enterprises.

  Solution

Lakera

Lakera offers a Developer-First AI Security Platform.

How: They utilize a vast vulnerability database to secure AI models.

  • Platform: Lakera protects against prompt injections, PII leaks, and content moderation issues.

  • Target: Their target audience includes Fortune 500 companies, LLM providers, startups, and scaleups.

  • Resolving: Lakera resolve security weaknesses in generative AI applications.

Product Demonstration

  Company Info

  • Industry: AI Security

  • Business Model: Subscription-Based

  • HQ: San Francisco, California, United States

  • Founding Year: 2021

  • Employee Count: 11-50

  • Investors: Redalpine, Fly Ventures, Inovia Capital, angel investors

  • Funding Amount: $10 million

  Traction

  •   Recorded 30 million interactions

  •   Achieved 1 million users in six months

  •   Partnered with top enterprises and AI model providers

  Competition Advantages

  • Developer-first approach with seamless integration

  • Comprehensive threat intelligence database

  • SOC2 and GDPR compliant for high security standards

  Founders

  • David Haber, CEO (Expertise in AI, founder of Cognitir)

  • Matthias Kraft, CPO (Expertise in computer vision, robotics and AI algorithms)

  • Mateo Rojas-Carulla, CTO (Ex-Google ML engineer, expertise in AI)

  Job Opportunities & Contact

  • Hiring Status: Active

  • Contact Information:

    • https://www.lakera.ai/contact

    • https://twitter.com/lakeraai?lang=en

    • https://www.linkedin.com/company/lakeraai/

  Why Invest by George

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Ooh-ooh-ahh-ahh! Lakera protects AI and stops bad monkeys from stealing bananas!

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- George Capuchinski -

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