Aurascape

Aurascape is an AI-native security platform designed to detect, analyze, and control AI usage across enterprises. Founded in 2023, the company emerged from stealth with $50 million in funding to provide real-time security for artificial intelligence applications. The platform addresses a critical gap: traditional security solutions were not designed for how AI applications operate, leaving enterprises vulnerable to data loss and misuse.

Aurascape employs a prevention-first approach using a cloud-native, inline proxy paired with an endpoint agent. The platform automatically discovers all AI usage—whether authorized or shadow—and inspects each interaction in real time to understand user intent, classify risk, and enforce the appropriate policy. The system works by automatically uncovering every AI tool in use, even those embedded inside SaaS applications; examining thousands of AI applications using real-time, intelligent data categorization and threat inspection; using AI models to inspect traffic at the conversational context level, understanding the full interaction from user input to AI output; and applying context-aware controls based on role, sensitivity, and conversation context in real time.

Aurascape provides several core capabilities including Automatic AI Discovery which finds all AI usage, even inside trusted apps; Control AI Intentions which decodes prompts, responses, user identity, and intent to understand user activity with AI tools; Real-time Enforcement which applies policies based on role, sensitivity, and conversation context instantly; Secure Third-Party Apps & Copilots which detects, tags, and helps AI systems unlearn sensitive data in apps and copilots; and Simplified Operations which provides natural-language summaries, alerts, and user coaching rather than requiring manual analysis.

Aurascape solves several problems, including Shadow AI Control by automatically uncovering every AI tool in use—even those embedded inside SaaS apps—and stopping personal or risky usage before it creates exposure. It also provides Sensitive Data Protection by detecting sensitive information flowing through AI tools in real time and applying contextual, intent-based controls to prevent leakage or misuse. Furthermore, it offers Compliance Simplification by using natural-language summaries and automated alerts to make AI oversight accessible to security, risk, and compliance teams without manual analysis.

Aurascape built a true AI-native, inline platform that inspects every interaction, understands intent and entitlement in context, classifies data dynamically, and enforces policy in real time. Rather than simply adding AI features to existing security tools, Aurascape took the harder path of building from the ground up specifically for AI security. The platform can decode over 1,500 applications and detect risky AI behavior in real-time with minimal false positives. It captures activity across text, audio, image, and code, enabling security teams to set granular, policy-based guardrails without impeding productivity.

Aurascape recommends a structured 90-day operating cadence that includes establishing baselines to understand current AI usage patterns, governing in the flow by applying policies as AI tools are used, and tuning with signals to refine policies based on real usage data. The approach emphasizes role-aligned enablement with per-mode and per-action controls, distinguishing between chat and agent/tools modes, utilizing default-then-tune workflows for a safe posture on day one, and employing selective steering patterns that integrate beside existing security stacks without requiring network overhauls.

Rather than simply blocking risky behavior, Aurascape takes a more sophisticated approach. The platform provides real-time coaching at the moment of risky behavior, guiding users with context instead of just blocking them. It also enables automated limited-time exceptions for sanctioned, short-term AI usage, helping keep users and security operations teams moving without friction.

The platform provides specialized solutions including discovering and monitoring AI for complete visibility into all AI activity, safeguarding AI use to secure data and compliance in AI usage, offering Copilot readiness to prepare for and monitor AI Copilot use, providing coding assistant guardrails to accelerate development safely, and enabling frictionless AI security to keep users and admins moving.

Aurascape is designed for security leaders ready to operationalize AI—with guardrails, evidence, and a workforce that learns to rely less on those guardrails over time. It serves CISOs and security teams managing enterprise AI adoption, particularly organizations with complex environments requiring visibility across multiple AI applications and data protection frameworks.