Reco Raises $55M to Tackle Security Risks in AI Agent Deployment

Cybersecurity startup Reco has secured $55 million in funding to address the growing security challenges posed by the mass deployment of AI agents in enterprises. The investment highlights the rise of "AI sprawl," where organizations struggle to secure swarms of autonomous agents operating across their networks. Reco has repositioned its platform around a solution that utilizes a context graph to connect AI agents with applications, users, accounts, and permissions. This approach provides security teams with visibility into what an agent can access, allowing them to revoke unnecessary permissions. According to CEO Ofer Klein, companies are deploying AI agents faster than they can track them, leading to significant shadow AI risks. To illustrate the scale of the problem, Reco reported finding 21,000 previously unknown agents at a Fortune 100 customer. In another instance at a large financial services firm, the platform identified an agent created by a former employee that maintained access to Salesforce data and could exfiltrate it to an external domain. The funding arrives as the market for AI agent security becomes increasingly crowded, with numerous vendors offering tools for discovery, continuous monitoring, and runtime security to help CISOs manage the risks associated with unauthorized AI usage.