As companies deploy AI-powered chatbots, agents, and copilots across their operations,they’refacing a new risk: how do you let employees and AI agents use powerful AI tools without accidentally leaking sensitive data, violating compliance rules, oropening the door to prompt-based injections? Witness AI just raised $58 million to find a solution, building what they call “the confidence layer for enterprise AI.”
Today on TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, Rebecca Bellan was joined byBarmak Meftahco-founder and partner at Ballistic Ventures, andRick CacciaCEO of Witness AI, to discuss what enterprises are actually worried about, whyAI securitybecome an$800billionto$1.2trillionmarket by 2031, and what happens when AI agents start talking to other AI agents without human oversight.
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