The multibillion-dollar AI security problem enterprises can’t ignore
AI agents should make the job easier. But they also create a whole new category of security nightmares.
As companies deploy AI-powered chatbots, agents, and copilots into their operations, they face a new risk: how do you let employees and AI agents use powerful AI tools without accidentally leaking sensitive data, breaking compliance rules, or opening the door to prompt-based injections? Witness AI just raised $58 million to find a solution, building what they call “the trust layer for business AI.”
Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan was joined by Barmak Meftahco-founder and partner at Ballistic Ventures, and Rik CacciaCEO of WitnessAI, to discuss what companies are actually worried about, why AI security will become an $800 billion to $1.2 trillion market by 2031, and what happens when AI agents start talking to other AI agents without human supervision.
Listen to the full episode and hear:
- How companies accidentally leak sensitive data using ‘shadow AI’.
- What CISOs are concerned about now is how the problem has evolved rapidly over the past 18 months and what it will look like in the coming year.
- Why they think traditional cybersecurity approaches won’t work for AI agents.
- Real examples of AI agents going rogue, including one who threatened to blackmail an employee.
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