Akto
Founded 2023 · 29 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Akto provides an end-to-end security platform purpose-built for AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystems. The platform secures autonomous AI systems and their dependencies through discovery, testing, governance, and runtime security capabilities.
Founders & leadership
Akto was founded in 2023 by Ankush Jain and Ankita Gupta.
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Ankush JaininCo-Founder & CTOHe previously spent over 12 years at Morgan Stanley and was VP Engineer at CleverTap, with background in engineering, data science and machine learning.
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Ankita GuptainCo-Founder & CEOAnkita Gupta is an engineering graduate from IIT Roorkee and MBA graduate from Dartmouth's Tuck School, with 15 years of experience at JP Morgan, LinkedIn, VMWare, and early-stage startups. She co-founded Akto in 2022 with Ankush Jain.
Investors · 2
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$4.5M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2022
- $4.5MSeedNov 2022 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Akto do?
- Akto provides an end-to-end security platform purpose-built for AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystems. The platform secures autonomous AI systems and their dependencies through discovery, testing, governance, and runtime security capabilities.
- Who founded Akto?
- Akto was founded by Ankush Jain, Ankita Gupta in 2023.
- Who are Akto's investors?
- Akto's investors include Accel, Accel India.
- How much funding has Akto raised?
- Akto has disclosed $4.5M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.