Straiker

The agentic AI security company. Straiker detects prompt injection, tool misuse, and runtime attacks across every AI agent you build or deploy, with 98.1% threat detection accuracy.

AI agents Cybersecurity Developer tools and cloud

Latest funding

$64M Series A · June 29, 2026

Led by Citi Ventures · Source: techstartups.com

Total raised: $85M across 2 sourced rounds

All 2 rounds ↓

Website: straiker.ai.

X: @straikerai · 427 followers.

GitHub: straiker-ai.

LinkedIn: straikerai.

Categories: AI agents Cybersecurity Developer tools and cloud.

Stage: Series A.

Founded: 2024.

Total raised: $85M in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Jun 29, 2026 · 130 days ago.

Headcount: 11–50 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Oct 24, 2026.

Signals

X account@straikerai · created Nov 29, 2024 (23 months old) · 427 followers

Website registeredFeb 14, 2024 (2 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Straiker | 407 days from website to first raise on record

@straikerai·Raised $85M in 2 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

June 29, 2026
Series A · $64M
CCiti Ventures (lead), IIlluminate Financial (lead), MMarathon Management Partners (lead), WWorkday Ventures (lead), FFirebolt Ventures, GGTM Capital, LLightspeed, NNeva SGR, RRain Capital, SSixty Degree Capital
Source: techstartups.com
March 27, 2025
Series A · $21M
BBain Capital Ventures (lead), LLightspeed (lead)
Source: siliconangle.com
November 29, 2024
X account created
February 14, 2024
Website created

Founders and team

AS
Ankur Shah Founder

@ankurdotshah · LinkedIn · source: straiker.ai
SK
Sreenath Kurupati Founder

LinkedIn · source: straiker.ai
AR
Amanda Rousseau Principal AI Security Researcher

Investors

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Sources and API

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