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Oligo vs Pillar Security

Oligo gives security teams real-time runtime intelligence across code, cloud, and AI. Pillar Security sells one platform to discover, test, secure and govern every AI agent across an organization. CISO Tribune files both under AI model and agent 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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Oligo vs Pillar Security: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
OligoOligo gives security teams real-time runtime intelligence across code, cloud, and AI.oligo.securityPillar SecurityPillar Security sells one platform to discover, test, secure and govern every AI agent across an organization.pillar.security
What it sells
  • AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM)[11]Oligo AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) delivers real-time visibility and control over every AI asset running in the environment.
  • Real-Time BOM[8]Oligo generates a Real-Time BOM that detects exactly which libraries are executed.
  • Agentic Endpoint[7][10]Protects the AI agents that run on employee machines.
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Ownership and funding
Privately heldOwned by Vanta
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Recent news
  • August 4, 2026Oligo Security announced the completion of a $60 million financing round, bringing its total funding to $140 million.[16]
  • August 4, 2026Oligo Security said it raised $60 million in new funding to speed up product innovation and expand its global go-to-market operations.[15]
  • November 9, 2026Vanta signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pillar Security, an AI security platform that protects AI agents across their lifecycle.[11]
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Who it fits
Oligo addresses security operations teams that are flooded with alerts and overwhelmed by false positives. Oligo addresses teams protecting IaaS and containerized environments and applications. Oligo pages address organizations that need to keep compliant with FedRAMP, PCI 4.0, and license policies.Not written yet
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Where they overlap

  • Oligo and Pillar Security are both filed under AI model and agent security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Oligo's primary category is Cloud workload protection; Pillar Security's is AI model and agent security.
  • Oligo is also filed under Software composition analysis. Pillar Security is also filed under AI governance, AI firewalls and guardrails and Workforce AI usage security.
  • Oligo lists AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) and Real-Time BOM. Pillar Security lists Agentic Endpoint.
  • Oligo is privately held. Pillar Security is owned by Vanta.

What it sells: Oligo

What AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) does[11]
Oligo generates a real-time bill of materials for every AI component and dependency. Oligo can detect drift, unauthorized model changes, and risky third-party AI services.
What Real-Time BOM does[8]
Oligo enriches SBOMs with exploitability determinations. Oligo VEX and Real-Time BOMs are generated from running applications.

What it sells: Pillar Security

What Agentic Endpoint does[7][10]
Pillar deploys through an MDM and inventories the AI coding agents across a fleet: which agents run where, their versions, sandbox state and risk. Runtime Guardian sits in the agent's own pre-tool hook for Claude Code, Codex CLI and Cursor, and decides on every action before it runs. Pillar inventories local and remote servers across a fleet and scores each against a catalog of 23,000+ pre-analyzed servers.

Questions about Oligo and Pillar Security

What do Oligo and Pillar Security sell?
Oligo sells AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) and Real-Time BOM. Pillar Security sells Agentic Endpoint.
Are Oligo and Pillar Security in the same category?
They share AI model and agent security. Oligo's primary category is Cloud workload protection and Pillar Security's is AI model and agent security.
Who owns Oligo and Pillar Security?
Oligo is privately held. Pillar Security is owned by Vanta.
Who are Oligo and Pillar Security sold to?
Oligo addresses security operations teams that are flooded with alerts and overwhelmed by false positives.
What have Oligo and Pillar Security announced recently?
August 4, 2026: Oligo Security announced the completion of a $60 million financing round, bringing its total funding to $140 million. November 9, 2026: Vanta signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pillar Security, an AI security platform that protects AI agents across their lifecycle.

About Oligo

Oligo gives security teams real-time runtime intelligence across code, cloud, and AI.[1][3]

Oligo catches zero-days and active exploit attempts in real time. The Oligo sensor is built around patented eBPF technology that identifies when attackers start to use applications in unintended ways. Oligo ties malicious CWPP detections to exploits seen at the application layer. Oligo protects workloads and hosts against malware, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and more.[3][4][5]

Oligo can pinpoint exact containers, pods, and code paths under attack. Oligo can block or alert on unauthorized external network connections. Oligo detects risks originating in CVEs, malicious packages, misconfigurations, zero-days, undisclosed risks, and disputed vulnerabilities. Oligo flags suspicious processes, Kubernetes, network, and file activity across all workloads and hosts. Oligo can limit library-level permissions to stop breaches in progress. Oligo maps suspicious behavior across the MITRE ATT&CK framework.[3][4][5][9]

Oligo pinpoints vulnerabilities that are actively loaded into execution memory. Oligo can distinguish between vulnerable code on disk and code in execution. Oligo prioritizes risks across packages, images, and workloads based on what is running in applications. Oligo provides call stacks and runtime proof that vulnerable libraries exist in running applications. Oligo can identify malicious packages, configuration-based vulnerabilities, and libraries that have already been breached.[3][5][6][7]

Oligo makes standard SBOMs and generates a Real-Time BOM that detects exactly which libraries are executed. Oligo enriches SBOMs with exploitability determinations. Oligo VEX and Real-Time BOMs are generated from running applications. Oligo can trace malicious code back to its original source repository after detection. If attackers activate malicious code that was previously dormant, the Oligo sensor detects indicators of compromise and limits library-level permissions.[7][8][9]

Oligo enables compliance with multiple segments of PCI 4.0 Requirement 2. Oligo lets users set different allowable license types for different applications and application types, with alerts whenever policies are violated.[10]

Oligo AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) delivers real-time visibility and control over every AI asset running in the environment. Oligo safeguards open-source AI models, LLM frameworks such as LangChain/Hugging Face, and agent workflows against malicious exploits, model tampering, and unauthorized data leakage in runtime environments. Oligo can inspect model files and dependencies loaded into GPU/CPU memory. Oligo can prevent AI agents from making unvetted egress API calls. Oligo gives real-time insight into shadow AI components running in cluster. Oligo generates a real-time bill of materials for every AI component and dependency.[1][3][11]

Oligo deploys in minutes for modern cloud applications built on K8s or older applications hosted on-prem. Oligo makes no changes to customer code when it is deployed. Oligo describes the application security sensor as one sensor per host that monitors code in real time. Oligo describes cloud application and workload security as a siloed process in which SOC, AppSec, and CloudSec teams each chase their own alerts.[1][2][6][7][10][11][12][13][14]

Oligo on the record

Sources

Oligo full record

  1. [1]oligo.securityOligo Security · oligo.security · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]OLIGO Security Crosses $140M in Total Funding with $60M Round to Stop AI Driven AttacksBusiness Wire · businesswire.com · published August 4, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Runtime Security | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Detection and Response | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Workload Protection | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Application Security | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Application Vulnerability Management | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Real-Time BOM | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Supply Chain Security | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Compliance and Assurance | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]AI Security Management | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Runtime Security Leadership | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Security Operations | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Cloud Security | Oligo SecurityOligo · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Oligo Security raises $60M as AI speeds up exploit development - SiliconANGLESiliconANGLE · published August 4, 2026 · Tier B
  16. [16]Israeli runtime security co Oligo raises $60m - GlobesGlobes · published August 4, 2026 · Tier B

Pillar Security full record

  1. [1]pillar.securityPillar Security · pillar.security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Pillar Security | Securing the Agentic WorkforcePillar Security · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Pillar Security Platform | Securing the Entire AI Software LifecyclePillar Security · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]AI Discovery & Posture | Pillar SecurityPillar Security · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]AI Red Teaming & Risk Detection | Pillar SecurityPillar Security · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]AI Runtime Guardrails | Pillar SecurityPillar Security · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Agentic Endpoint: Secure AI Coding Agents | Pillar SecurityPillar Security · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]AI Security Solutions | Pillar SecurityPillar Security · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]AI Governance & Compliance | Pillar SecurityPillar Security · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Deployment Options: Cloud, Self-Hosted, Hybrid · PillarPillar Security · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Vanta to Acquire Pillar Security to Turn AI Policy Into PracticeBusiness Wire · published November 9, 2026 · Tier A

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