Context Security launched public today with $4 million raised in a funding round led by 42CAP with additional support from a16z CSX and HTGF.
The Munich startup, co-founded by Jens Ernstberger and Michel Osswald, has developed a runtime security platform that offers companies transparency and control over the actions of AI agents.
Deployed between AI agents and the systems and tools they access. contextThe runtime enforcement platform assesses agents in real-time against security policies and risks.
Taking into account each agent’s identity, assigned task, target resource, and requested action, it shows organizations how the agents running in their environments behave and allows them to control what they do through enforced policies.
Companies can initially use the platform to monitor agent behavior, identify risks, and determine policy enforcement results. They can then enable enforcement to deny unauthorized actions.
The solution also provides a contextual record of each agent’s behavior and the decisions made by context.
Context plans to expand its engineering team and invest in the development of its runtime enforcement platform.
“An AI agent can be properly authenticated, use an approved tool, and still perform an action that no one authorized. As agents move from producing text to operating software, companies need a point of control at the moment of action. Context combines identity with task context and policies to decide what an agent is allowed to do before it happens,” said Ernstberger, who serves as CEO.
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