Welcome to AI in the Real World! In this episode, Foundation Capital Partner Sid Trivedi speaks to Chris “Tito” Sestito, the co-founder and CEO of HiddenLayer. HiddenLayer is a cybersecurity platform that is purpose-built for AI systems. Tito’s journey into AI security began at Cylance, where he led the response to one of the first real-world AI attacks. This experience led him to start HiddenLayer, which recently raised a $50M Series A. In this conversation, Tito shares his insights into the evolving AI threat landscape, from shadow AI to the growing arsenal of strategies bad actors use to target generative models. He explains why data poisoning is one of the most urgent threats facing humanity and why safeguarding AI will define the future of cybersecurity.
HiddenLayer, a Gartner recognized Cool Vendor for AI Security, is the leading provider of Security for AI. Its security platform helps enterprises safeguard the machine learning models behind their most important products. HiddenLayer is the only company to offer turnkey security for AI that does not add unnecessary complexity to models and does not require access to raw data and algorithms. Founded by a team with deep roots in security and ML, HiddenLayer aims to protect enterprise’s AI from inference, bypass, extraction attacks, and model theft. The company is backed by a group of strategic investors, including M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, Moore Strategic Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, IBM Ventures, and Capital One Ventures.
