Lumia, an AI security and governance platform helping enterprises adopt autonomous systems safely, has completed an $18m seed round.
The company, founded by cybersecurity specialists, is aiming to tackle one of the fastest-growing risks in enterprise technology.
The seed funding round raised $18m and was led by Team8, with additional backing from New Era. As part of the announcement, Lumia has appointed Admiral Michael Rogers, former Director of the NSA and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, to its advisory board.
Lumia builds AI security and controls designed for organisations that are rolling out AI systems and autonomous agents across business operations. Its technology evaluates interactions, permissions and behaviours in real time, aiming to offer visibility over what these systems are doing, which data they are accessing and how decisions are executed.
The funding will be used to expand engineering and research teams, deepen integrations with major AI applications and enterprise infrastructure, and accelerate go-to-market plans. The company intends to focus on design-partner customers in financial services, technology and other data-sensitive sectors where governance requirements are particularly high.
A recent Gartner report cited by the company forecasts that 40% of enterprise applications will embed task-specific AI agents over the next year, rising sharply from less than 5% in 2025. These agents are being used to complete administrative tasks, review confidential documents, analyse data and trigger workflow actions beyond traditional IT oversight — a shift that raises new compliance questions.
“Autonomous AI is accelerating faster than most organizations are prepared for,” said Admiral Michael Rogers, former Director of the NSA and new advisory board member at Lumia. “Enterprises need early visibility, clear guardrails, and a framework for accountability before these systems become embedded in every workflow.”
“The pressure on CISOs is huge – they cannot afford to be the ones pulling back the business on the greatest productivity boost in this century.״ said Omri Iluz, Lumia’s co-founder & CEO. “However, AI introduces risks that the business just cannot afford. Lumia allows enterprises to adopt AI securely and responsibly. Allowing broad usage while putting seamless controls in place”.
“Lumia distinguishes itself from standard SASE offerings by offering a deeper, more specialized approach to AI security, focusing on two key areas: Inspection Depth and Coverage Velocity.” said Francis Odum, founder and CEO of SACR. “Lumia achieves faster support for new AI modalities and native applications through automated protocol analysis.”
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