LLM Security Startup Lasso Emerges From Stealth Mode

Lasso Security raises $6 million in seed funding to tackle cyber threats to secure generative AI and large language model algorithms.

End-to-end generative AI security startup Lasso Security has emerged from stealth mode with $6 million in a seed funding round led by Entrée Capital, with additional investment from Samsung Next.

Established earlier this year, the Tel Aviv-based company is building technology to tackle the cyber threats faced by generative AI and large language models (LLMs) and prevent data exposure, and security and compliance risks.

By protecting every LLM touchpoint, Lasso wants to help secure businesses that leverage generative AI and other LLM technologies, to allow them to fully deploy the technologies in production environments.

Lasso says it can prevent data poisoning, model theft, malicious code generation, prompt injection, and supply chain attacks targeting LLMs, to secure commercial data and customer and employee privacy.

Additionally, the company says its product ...