Protect AI Joins Microsoft Pegasus Program, Empowering its AI Security Innovation
Protect AI, the leading AI and machine learning (ML) security company, is joining the Microsoft Pegasus Program, an initiative that propels growth for innovative companies. Centered on accelerating AI security, Protect AI’s newfound status as a member of the Pegasus program will bolster the company’s technical integrations, global reach, and go-to-market initiatives.
The unique challenges and security concerns that AI has introduced to the business landscape necessitate solutions that secure AI development and deployment, especially as AI evolves at a rapid pace. Protect AI’s AI security platform offers a suite of products engineered to holistically secure AI applications, boosting AI trust, security, and safety.
In joining Microsoft’s Pegasus Program—a highly prestigious and selective initiative—Protect AI benefits from Microsoft’s global expertise and resources to scale its security solutions. Aligning Protect AI with industry giants, the company’s Pegasus status grants access to Microsoft's strategic technology, business development opportunities, and technical collaboration, according to the company.
“Becoming part of the Microsoft Pegasus Program is an important step for Protect AI and our growth,” said Ian Swanson, CEO of Protect AI. “As AI continues to transform industries, securing these systems from sophisticated and unique cybersecurity attacks is more critical than ever. Through this partnership, we will combine our AI security products and expertise with Microsoft’s vast infrastructure, enabling us to secure AI systems on a global scale.”
Protect AI delivers a range of security features for AI development and deployment, including:
- Guardian, a solution that scans internally built and externally acquired ML models for threats
- Layer, a dedicated security tool for large language model (LLM) runtime security and monitoring
- Recon, an automated red teaming tool for generative AI (GenAI) systems that helps identify vulnerabilities, promote safer model selection, and continuously improve LLM-based app security
- Radar, a feature that offers an AI/ML bill of materials paired with a robust policy engine
“Protect AI has been leading the industry in ensuring organizations around the globe can deploy AI, securely, which aligns with our dedication to ensuring customers are able to innovate with speed and confidence,” said Tom Davis, Partner Microsoft for Startups. “We are excited to welcome them to the Pegasus program and embrace the opportunity to support them in their mission to create a safer AI powered world by providing our customers access to best-in-class tools to build secure by design AI.”
To learn more about Protect AI, please visit https://protectai.com/.