The funding round was led by 42CAP, with additional participation from a16z CSX and HTGF. Kontext plans to utilize the $4 million capital injection to scale its engineering team and further develop its runtime enforcement software.
Founded by Jens Ernstberger and Michel Osswald, the company focuses on security for AI agents operating in enterprise environments. The platform acts as an intermediary between AI agents and corporate systems to monitor and control actions in real time.
The software evaluates agent activity based on identity, requested actions, and target resources. It allows organizations to deploy the system in an observation mode to analyze behavior before enabling active enforcement to block unauthorized operations.
