Pluto Security raises $42m
What happened
On 14 October 2026, TechCrunch reported that Pluto Security has completed a $42m fundraise, made up of an $8.5m seed round and a $34m Series A. Its platform monitors the AI tools, skills, extensions and MCP servers employees use in real time, and can step in to block an AI agent that exceeds its permissions or inject a confirmation prompt. The report so far discloses only the total amount and the round structure, with no details on investors, valuation or use of funds.
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- TechCrunch · AIPluto Security raises $42M as AI gives enterprise security teams a new headache
The problem with giving everyone in a company access to AI tools is that people will use them in unexpected ways. And that fact is steadily seeding fears that companies now have new, gaping security holes in their systems or, at least, will soon.
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