Opsin, an AI governance and cybersecurity startup, has raised $21 million in funding led by SYN Ventures and Race Capital. The company will use the investment to expand its platform, which helps businesses monitor, manage, and secure autonomous AI agents.
More companies use AI agents to do work, on their own. Security teams face problems when they try to keep sensitive data and business applications safe. Opsin wants to help companies spot these AI agents know what AI agents are supposed to do and find actions before they cause security incidents.
The company serves nearly 20 enterprise customers, including Culligan, Barry-Wehmiller, Wellstar Health System, and UiPath. Its customers operate in sectors such as healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing.
Opsin Targets Security Risks From Autonomous AI Agents
Unlike traditional AI chatbots that mainly respond to prompts, autonomous AI agents can perform multiple steps to complete a task. They may access business applications, retrieve information, update records, and take actions with limited human supervision.
However giving AI agents access, to company systems can create security risks. An AI agent might access information beyond the responsibilities assigned to an AI agent expose data or perform an action that disrupts business operations.
Opsin’s platform is designed to help security teams understand what AI agents are doing and whether their actions match their assigned purposes.
The technology tracks information about an agent’s identity, permissions, connected applications, data access, and behavior. By combining these details, the platform aims to help businesses identify excessive permissions, potential data exposure, and activity that falls outside an agent’s intended role.
Company Reports Gaps in AI Agent Oversight
Opsin says an analysis of AI agent activity across its enterprise customer environments found that 93% of misaligned tools connected to agents had unrestricted access to their associated systems.
The company also reported that only one in 200 of those tools required human approval before taking action.
These findings highlight potential weaknesses in how organizations configure permissions and oversee autonomous AI systems. However, Opsin did not disclose the total number of agents or tools included in its analysis, and the findings have not been independently verified.
As AI adoption grows, companies need to consider not only whether an agent has permission to access a system, but also whether that access is appropriate for its specific task.
Opsin aims to help security teams identify these risks and apply controls before unauthorized activity causes damage.
Platform Supports Major Enterprise AI Environments
Opsin gives a view of AI agents that are built and run in corporate settings, such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT Enterprise and Gemini.
Than looking at permissions and activity on their own Opsin links what an agent is meant to do with what it actually does. This link helps security teams spot actions and identify possible unsafe ones.
Opsin also spots when agents have access than needed and flags risks that arise from the agents links to company applications.
These features are especially useful for firms, in fields, where AI agents may handle sensitive healthcare records, financial data or private business information.
Founders Bring Cybersecurity Experience
Opsin was founded by James Pham, Oz Wasserman, and Jeremy Mailen.
Pham, the company’s CEO, and Wasserman previously worked together at cybersecurity company Abnormal Security. Their experience in threat detection and cybersecurity helped shape the company’s focus on the risks created by increasingly autonomous AI systems.
The founding team is developing security tools specifically for enterprise AI agents as businesses move from experimental AI chatbots toward systems capable of carrying out operational tasks.
Race Capital general partner Alfred Chuang said autonomous AI agents are gaining access to critical business systems, creating security challenges for enterprises. SYN Ventures partner Glenn Chisholm also highlighted the need for greater trust and oversight as companies give AI agents access to sensitive information.
Funding to Expand AI Security Capabilities
Opsin plans to use its $21 million funding to continue developing its platform as enterprises increase their use of autonomous AI agents.
The company is focusing on agent discovery, behavioral monitoring, risk assessment, and security controls. Its broader goal is to help businesses adopt AI agents while maintaining oversight of their permissions, actions, and access to sensitive information.
Opsin has not disclosed its valuation, annual revenue, or a detailed breakdown of how the new funding will be allocated.
As AI agents become more integrated into business operations, Opsin is targeting an emerging cybersecurity need: ensuring that autonomous systems operate within the boundaries set by their organizations.
