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Grip Security
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Company scale
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Company scale is separate from product features, effectiveness, and suitability.
- $41M known funding
- 50-250 employees
- Founded 2021
Company context
Private, VC-backed
Longer operating history than many AI-native entrants; originally software as a service (SaaS) identity risk management, now expanded to AI + software as a service (SaaS) control
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- Vendor statements
- 19 records
- Source-checked records
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- Evaluation requirements
- 19 in this research model
- Unresolved requirements
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Company intelligence
Who is behind the product
Company facts provide evaluation context. Each signal is kept separate because tenure, workforce, funding, and hiring answer different questions.
Founded2021
HeadquartersTel Aviv, Israel; U.S. go-to-market presence in Boston
OwnershipPrivate, VC-backed
Employees50-250
Capital and scaleIndependent company
Grip Security
- Known funding
- $41M
- Operating scale
- Longer operating history than many AI-native entrants; originally SaaS identity risk management, now expanded to AI + SaaS control
- Backing context
- $41M Series B led by Third Point Ventures; total funding reported at $66M
$41M Series B led by Third Point Ventures; total funding reported at $66M
Founders and leadership2 people listed
- Lior YaariCurrent role listed
Co-Founder & CEO
- Idan FastCurrent role listed
Co-Founder & CTO
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- Company tenure
- 2021
- Workforce scale
- 50-250
- Hiring activity
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Open research questions
- A current hiring source is not available, so the count is not shown.
Company sources and research limits5 linked public sources
Only company facts supported by retained public sources are shown. Missing values remain unknown, and company scale does not establish product effectiveness.
Company sourceGrip Security Series B announcementGrip announced a $41M Series B led by Third Point Ventures, bringing total funding to $66M.Company sourceGrip Security seed announcementGrip announced seed funding in 2021 and identified Tel Aviv as its base.Company information sourcecompany_intelSupports the company facts shown in this profile.Company information sourceStored company websiteSupports the company facts shown in this profile.Company information sourceGrip Security company and leadership pageSupports the company facts shown in this profile.
Solution areas
These areas describe how the vendor approaches enterprise AI security. They do not establish product quality or fit.
Buyer context
- Relevant where shadow AI and software as a service (SaaS) identity risk are coupled problems.
- Buyer diligence should distinguish AI-specific controls from mature software as a service (SaaS) discovery and identity governance strengths.
Related frameworks
Where public vendor statements relate to framework requirements
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Related frameworks
Where public vendor statements relate to framework requirements
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Current referenceCIS Critical Security Controls
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Evaluation questions
What to verify beyond public claims
These questions come from security requirements with some public support. Use them as starting points for demonstrations, documentation review, customer references, or a buyer-observed pilot.
- 01Unapproved AI use discovery
An unmanaged AI app used by a test user appears in discovery inventory with user, app or domain, and timestamp.
- 02Unapproved AI use discovery
The test user's AI usage activity can be filtered or exported with AI-specific context.
- 03AI-feature discovery in business applications
A software as a service (SaaS) app with an embedded AI feature appears in the software as a service (SaaS) AI inventory with app, provider, and feature context.
- 04AI-feature discovery in business applications
The inventory shows which users, data classes, integrations, or providers are associated with the AI-enabled software as a service (SaaS) app.
- 05Approved AI usage monitoring
Approved AI workspace activity appears with user, workspace or tenant, model or provider, and timestamp.
- 06Approved AI usage monitoring
Prompt, model, or admin activity can be exported or correlated for the selected approved AI platform.
- 07Controls for unapproved AI use
A policy blocks, coaches, redirects, or contains a test interaction with an unapproved AI destination.
- 08Controls for unapproved AI use
The control event records policy reason, user, destination, action, and timestamp.
Detailed security-requirement research18 evaluation items · supporting evidence and open research are shown separatelyExpand
Security requirementPublic supportRelated frameworksWhat to verify
Unapproved AI use discovery
Strong public supportDiscover and monitor workforce AI tools, accounts, prompts, domains, models, users, and usage outside approved controls.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
An unmanaged AI app used by a test user appears in discovery inventory with user, app or domain, and timestamp.
AI-feature discovery in business applications
Strong public supportInventory software as a service (SaaS) applications that embed AI features, expose enterprise data to AI capabilities, or create AI-driven data movement.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A software as a service (SaaS) app with an embedded AI feature appears in the software as a service (SaaS) AI inventory with app, provider, and feature context.
Approved AI usage monitoring
Limited public supportMonitor approved AI workspaces, tenants, gateways, and model platforms such as ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude Enterprise, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Vertex AI, Elvex, or internal AI gateways.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
Approved AI workspace activity appears with user, workspace or tenant, model or provider, and timestamp.
Controls for unapproved AI use
Limited public supportBlock, coach, redirect, or contain non-approved AI use and policy-violating AI interactions.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A policy blocks, coaches, redirects, or contains a test interaction with an unapproved AI destination.
Sensitive-data protection for generative AI
Limited public supportDetect, classify, redact, or block sensitive data in prompts, responses, files, retrieval, memory, and AI-connected workflows.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
Sensitive prompt, response, or file test data is detected and classified during an AI interaction.
Browser and business-application controls
Strong public supportApply session-level controls in browser and software as a service (SaaS) workflows, including uploads, downloads, copy/paste, sharing, and identity-aware access decisions.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A session-level policy controls upload, download, copy, paste, sharing, or form submission in a browser or software as a service (SaaS) workflow.
Generative AI application security
No supporting claim foundProtect enterprise-built large language model (LLM) applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, prompts, application programming interfaces (APIs), model calls, tools, and production runtime behavior.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test large language model (LLM) application event records prompt, application programming interface (API), model, retrieval, or tool interaction context.
AI governance, risk, and compliance
Strong public supportInventory AI systems and owners, translate policy and regulatory obligations into governed workflows, assess risk, manage approvals and exceptions, and retain audit evidence across the AI lifecycle.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test AI system is registered with owner, intended use, risk tier, lifecycle state, and applicable obligations.
AI assurance and adversarial testing
No supporting claim foundTest models, applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and agents before release and continuously thereafter using adversarial probes, evaluation suites, attack simulation, and security release gates.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A controlled test campaign exercises an AI model, application, or agent against named AI attack classes.
AI model and supply-chain security
No supporting claim foundDiscover, inventory, scan, validate, and monitor models, datasets, model artifacts, registries, dependencies, and AI development assets for tampering, unsafe serialization, provenance gaps, or malicious content.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test model or AI artifact appears in inventory with origin, version, hash or provenance, and deployment context.
AI gateway, tool-connection, and runtime controls
Limited public supportMediate model, agent, tool, application programming interface (API), connector, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) traffic through an enforcement point that applies identity-aware policy, content controls, routing, rate limits, and auditable allow or deny decisions.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A model, agent, tool, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) request passes through a named policy enforcement point.
Action-taking agent monitoring
Limited public supportObserve and govern agent plans, memory, tool calls, delegated tasks, autonomy, runtime decisions, and outcomes.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test agent run captures plan, steps, tool calls, outcome, and timestamps.
Agent-to-agent communication security
Limited public supportAuthorize, log, and control agent-to-agent, agent-to-tool, Model Context Protocol (MCP), connector, and tool-chain handoffs.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
An agent, tool, connector, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) handoff logs source identity, destination, and authorization decision.
Non-human identity and service-account security
Limited public supportInventory, least privilege, credential hygiene, monitoring, and lifecycle management for non-human identities, workloads, service accounts, application programming interface (API) keys, and machine credentials.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test service account, agent identity, or non-human identity appears in inventory with owner and privileges.
AI agent identity and permissions
Limited public supportRegister AI agents as accountable identities, bind them to owners and delegating users, authorize task- and tool-level access, issue short-lived credentials, review access, and revoke or suspend agent authority.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test agent is registered with a unique identity, accountable owner, purpose, and permitted resources.
AI coding-agent and workstation security
Limited public supportDiscover and govern AI coding agents, integrated development environment (IDE) assistants, command-line agents, skills, hooks, extensions, Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, filesystem access, commands, network activity, secrets, and software-supply-chain actions on developer workstations and build environments.
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
A test coding agent and its skills, hooks, extensions, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools appear in an attributable inventory.
AI cost and usage controls
No supporting claim foundVisibility, attribution, budgeting, rate limiting, anomaly detection, and optimization for AI usage and spend across models, agents, workflows, and owners.
Commercial MetadataNIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0ISO/IEC 42001OWASP Agentic AI Security Solutions Landscape
A controlled AI usage event is attributed to user, team, model, workflow, or owner with cost or token metrics.
Licensing model
No supporting claim foundPublicly discoverable commercial model such as per user, per seat, per app, per token, per integration, or enterprise platform license.
The vendor can map the sourced commercial model to per-user, per-seat, per-app, per-token, per-integration, or platform packaging.
Public sources
Vendor statements and quoted evidence
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Grip claims centralized discovery and governance for AI applications, tenants, users, agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, prompts, activity, application programming interface (API) keys, integrations, permissions, posture, policy violations, remediation, and compliance workflows.
Transforms that data into actionable insights across discovery, posture management, AI governance, and threat detection.
Grip AI and software as a service (SaaS) security materials reviewed did not provide a public product claim for automated adversarial testing, repeatable attack suites, model or agent red teaming, or release-gate evaluation.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
Grip AI and software as a service (SaaS) security materials reviewed did not establish model artifact scanning, provenance, signing, dependency or Model Context Protocol (MCP) component analysis, tamper detection, or model-registry release controls.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
Grip claims AI-specific threat detection for suspicious activity, policy violations, credential abuse, and unauthorized agent behavior with operational remediation workflows across software as a service (SaaS) and Claude environments.
AI-specific threat detection helps identify suspicious activity, policy violations, credential abuse, and unauthorized agent behavior.
Grip claims discovery and posture analysis for AI agents as non-human identities, including permissions, authentication, OAuth grants, application programming interface (API) keys, service accounts, access scopes, machine identities, and connected applications.
Security teams need visibility into AI agents, permissions, OAuth grants, and machine identities operating across SaaS environments.
Grip claims visibility into Claude desktop, browser, agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, prompts, application programming interface (API) keys, connected tools, and developer workflows that generate code and automate tasks.
Visibility into desktop installations, browser based activity, connected MCP servers, AI agents, administrative API keys, and other non human identities.
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Grip Security materials reviewed did not establish product-level AI cost attribution, token or spend metrics, budgets, chargeback, or cost-aware model routing.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
Grip Security claims it builds an app inventory, links assets to identities, and helps teams find, trace, contain, and explain AI exposure or risk.
Grip builds an app inventory and links assets to identities. It is the technical backbone for AI governance so you can find, trace, contain, and explain any point of exposure or risk.
Grip Security claims it can see every AI and software as a service (SaaS) app outside SSO, tie it back to an employee, and automatically revoke access.
See every AI + SaaS outside SSO, tie it back to an employee, and automatically revoke access.
Grip Security claims near-real-time visibility into AI tools, agents, and software as a service (SaaS) apps mapped to identities and data.
Visibility A near real-time view of every AI tool, agent, and SaaS app in use, mapped to the identities and data they touch.
Grip Security claims it can identify unapproved AI and risky apps and trigger workflows or notifications for risky behavior.
Identify unsanctioned AI and risky apps immediately
Grip Security claims visibility into AI tools, agents, and software as a service (SaaS) apps mapped to the identities and data they touch.
mapped to the identities and data they touch.
Grip Security claims visibility into AI tools, agents, software as a service (SaaS) apps, identities, and exposure points.
what those tools and agents are doing, where exposure and risk exists, and how to take action.
Grip Security claims visibility into agents, identities, and exposure points, adjacent to agent-to-agent security.
See every agent, identity and exposure point.
Grip Security claims visibility into non-human identities and over-permissioned tools as part of AI and software as a service (SaaS) exposure management.
Surface over-permissioned tools and non-human identities (NHIs)
Grip Security claims it strengthens user security in near real-time and extends user security through a browser extension.
Strengthen user security in near real-time
No public claim found for this capability.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
No public claim found for this capability.
No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
Grip Security claims visibility into every point of AI exposure, adjacent to an external AI rollout.
Get visibility into every point of AI exposure