Protect AI

Protect AI is an AI and machine learning security platform focused on securing the entire ML supply chain, from model development and training data through to production deployment. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company was founded by former Amazon and Oracle security leaders who recognized the growing need for purpose-built security tooling for AI systems. Protect AI has raised significant funding to build out its comprehensive ML security platform, which addresses threats across the entire AI lifecycle including model vulnerabilities, dependency risks, and data pipeline integrity. The platform's flagship capabilities center on ML supply chain security and model scanning. Protect AI's ModelScan, an open-source tool that the company released to the community, enables organizations to detect serialized model attacks and unsafe code execution in model files before they are deployed. The commercial platform extends this with Guardian, a comprehensive model security gateway that enforces security policies across model repositories, and Radar, an AI risk assessment and visibility tool that provides organizations with a centralized view of their AI/ML attack surface. Protect AI also maintains huntr, the world's first AI and ML bug bounty program, which incentivizes security researchers to discover and responsibly disclose vulnerabilities in popular open-source AI tools and frameworks. This community-driven approach to threat intelligence gives Protect AI unique insight into emerging attack vectors and allows the company to proactively protect customers against newly discovered vulnerabilities in the ML ecosystem. The platform integrates with popular MLOps tools and model registries, cloud environments, and CI/CD pipelines to embed security checks throughout the model development workflow. Protect AI supports frameworks including the NIST AI RMF, OWASP ML Top 10, and MITRE ATLAS for risk assessment and compliance reporting. The company targets mid-market and enterprise organizations, with particular strength in technology, financial services, and government sectors. While still a young company with an evolving product suite, Protect AI's combination of open-source community engagement, commercial platform capabilities, and deep ML security expertise makes it a significant player in the AI security landscape.