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Lakera vs Pluto Security

Lakera sells AI Red Teaming, AI Agent Security and Workforce AI Security, which together help organizations secure employees, applications, and autonomous agents. Pluto Security sells security for what people build with AI. CISO Tribune files both under AI model and agent security and Workforce AI usage security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Lakera
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Lakera vs Pluto Security: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
LakeraLakera sells AI Red Teaming, AI Agent Security and Workforce AI Security, which together help organizations secure employees, applications, and autonomous agents.lakera.aiPluto SecurityPluto Security sells security for what people build with AI.pluto.security
What it sells
  • AI Red Teaming[1][5][6]A continuous workflow to evaluate, scan, and red team AI applications and agents.
  • Explorer[1]Discovers and maps the AI tools, agents and extensions in use across an organization's endpoints, cloud and SaaS.
  • Risk radar[1]Evaluates discovered AI tools and agents against a risk database to triage them.
  • Space Shield[1]Applies and enforces policies that control what AI tools and agents are permitted to do based on context.
  • Marketspace[1]Offers a curated catalog of vetted AI add-ons that employees can adopt.
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Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland[2]Not stated on its pages
Founded
2021[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Owned by Check Point Software Technologies since 2025[3][5]Privately held
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • October 13, 2026Pluto Security announced its emergence from stealth with $42 million in total funding and said it has over 40 enterprise customers.[7]
  • June 17, 2026Pluto Security launched Plutonium, a free, vendor-neutral security hub covering the AI assistant ecosystem.[6]
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Who it fits
Lakera describes organizations that run AI across employees, applications, and autonomous agents as the audience for its three AI security products. Lakera positions AI Agent Security for organizations that build and deploy agents. Lakera Guard is sold for LLM applications.From its own pages, Pluto Security sells mainly to security teams and CISOs who want to let employees use AI tools without blocking them. It names a Fortune 500 health insurance company among the kinds of customers quoted. Its about page describes protecting AI builders, developer tools, and business workspaces.
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November 2, 2026October 16, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Lakera and Pluto Security are both filed under AI model and agent security and Workforce AI usage security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Lakera's primary category is AI firewalls and guardrails; Pluto Security's is Workforce AI usage security.
  • Pluto Security is also filed under Software supply chain security.
  • Lakera lists AI Red Teaming. Pluto Security lists Explorer, Risk radar, Space Shield and Marketspace.
  • Lakera is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Lakera was founded in 2021.
  • Lakera is owned by Check Point Software Technologies, since 2025. Pluto Security is privately held.

What it sells: Lakera

What AI Red Teaming does[1][5][6]
AI Red Teaming tests with prompt injection, jailbreaks, tool exploitation, and multi-turn attacks against real systems. AI Red Teaming provides exploit validation, severity scoring, and remediation guidance. AI Red Teaming is available for text, audio, image, and multi-modal systems.

Questions about Lakera and Pluto Security

What do Lakera and Pluto Security sell?
Lakera sells AI Red Teaming. Pluto Security sells Explorer, Risk radar, Space Shield and Marketspace.
Are Lakera and Pluto Security in the same category?
They share AI model and agent security and Workforce AI usage security. Lakera's primary category is AI firewalls and guardrails and Pluto Security's is Workforce AI usage security.
Where are Lakera and Pluto Security headquartered?
Lakera is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
When were Lakera and Pluto Security founded?
Lakera was founded in 2021.
Who owns Lakera and Pluto Security?
Lakera is owned by Check Point Software Technologies, since 2025. Pluto Security is privately held.
Who are Lakera and Pluto Security sold to?
Lakera describes organizations that run AI across employees, applications, and autonomous agents as the audience for its three AI security products. From its own pages, Pluto Security sells mainly to security teams and CISOs who want to let employees use AI tools without blocking them.
What have Lakera and Pluto Security announced recently?
October 13, 2026: Pluto Security announced its emergence from stealth with $42 million in total funding and said it has over 40 enterprise customers.

About Lakera

Lakera sells AI Red Teaming, AI Agent Security and Workforce AI Security, which together help organizations secure employees, applications, and autonomous agents. Lakera states that its security prevents prompt injections, data leakage, and jailbreaks before they affect a business. Lakera directs its products at enterprise teams working with GenAI, agents, and MCPs. Lakera states that it is learning from 1M+ hackers around the world.[1][6][8]

AI Agent Security enforces security on every AI interaction an organization runs by inspecting what goes in, controlling what comes out, and governing what agents do. AI Agent Security provides visibility into agent usage and MCP-connected systems across an environment, including agents that teams did not explicitly build or register. AI Agent Security discovers AI agents and MCP-connected tools across an environment and identifies what data, APIs, and systems agents can access. Lakera says AI Agent Security protects agents across the full lifecycle, from discovery and risk assessment to runtime enforcement.[4][8]

AI Agent Security connects cloud, low-code, and custom environments. AI Agent Security assesses each agent based on its configuration, tools, data access, MCP servers, and autonomy. AI Agent Security enforces access controls and runtime guardrails to block threats, prevent data leakage, and govern live agent actions. AI Agent Security detects and blocks prompt attacks, data leakage, unsafe tool use, and unauthorized agent actions as agents operate. Lakera says AI Agent Security blocks indirect injection through connected tools before agents act on compromised instructions. AI Agent Security requires no changes to models or prompts. AI Agent Security extends the AI Defense Plane to the agents organizations build and deploy.[4][8]

AI Red Teaming gives teams a continuous workflow to evaluate, scan, and red team AI applications and agents. AI Red Teaming scoping maps AI architecture, workflows, tools, memory systems, and trust boundaries to build a targeted threat model and test plan. AI Red Teaming tests with prompt injection, jailbreaks, tool exploitation, and multi-turn attacks against real systems. AI Red Teaming provides exploit validation, severity scoring, and remediation guidance. AI Red Teaming is available for text, audio, image, and multi-modal systems. AI Red Teaming assessment covers goal hijacking, tool misuse, privilege escalation, indirect injection, and cascading failures. AI Red Teaming delivers validated vulnerabilities with reproduction steps, severity ratings, and affected workflows.[6]

Workforce AI Security discovers shadow AI, assesses risk, governs employee usage, and stops sensitive data exposure across AI apps, browser extensions, desktop agents, IDEs, and MCP-connected tools. Workforce AI Security covers the places employees prompt, paste, upload, and interact with AI day to day. Workforce AI Security extends visibility and policy enforcement from public chatbots to SaaS copilots to MCP-connected workflows. Workforce AI Security extends visibility into AI workflows where tools can access code, data, and enterprise systems.[1][7]

A Lakera report is based on a 30-day snapshot of production attack traffic observed by Lakera Guard. Lakera states that its security covers chatbots and audio bots across any model. Lakera states that policies can be customized to secure applications horizontally without changing code. Lakera describes Gandalf as an online game designed for learning about AI security.[1][10][11][12]

Dropbox uses AI Agent Security to help safeguard its LLM-powered applications. Lakera and Snyk have partnered on AI agent security research.[1][4][6][7][10]

Lakera on the record

Sources

Lakera full record

  1. [1]Lakera: The AI-Native Security Platform to Accelerate GenAILakera · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Check point acquires lakera to deliver end to end ai security for enterprisesCheck Point Software Technologies · checkpoint.com · published September 16, 2025 · Tier A
  3. [3]Check point software reports fourth quarter and 2025 full year resultsCheck Point Software Technologies · checkpoint.com · published February 12, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]AI Agent Security Overview | Check Point AI SecurityLakera documentation · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Workforce AI Security | Lakera, a Check Point CompanyLakera · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]AI Red Teaming Services: Expert-led adversarial testingLakera · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]AI Guardrails Dashboard | Check Point AI SecurityLakera documentation · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Secure AI Agents from Discovery to RuntimeLakera · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Lakera Launches Open-Source Security Benchmark for LLM Backends in AI AgentsBusiness Wire · published October 28, 2025 · Tier A
  10. [10]Product Peek: Introducing Lakera’s Advanced Content ModerationLakera · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Q4 2025 AI Agent Security TrendsLakera · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]AI Security for Product Teams HandbookLakera · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

Pluto Security full record

  1. [1]pluto.securityPluto Security · pluto.security · undated page, accessed October 16, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]About Us - Pluto SecurityPluto Security · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Enabling CISOs to say YES - Pluto SecurityPluto Security · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]What Is AI Security Posture Management & What Does It Do? - Pluto SecurityPluto Security · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Webinar - Still saying no to AI tools because of security risks? - Pluto SecurityPluto Security · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Introducing PlutoniumPluto Security · published June 17, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Pluto Security Emerges From Stealth With $42M in Funding to Help Enterprises Secure AI AdoptionFinanceWire (Markets Insider) · published October 13, 2026 · Tier B

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