Robust Intelligence

San Francisco, CA AI Security Acquired

Robust Intelligence is an AI security company that builds an AI 'firewall' and automated red-teaming platform to detect, mitigate, and continuously test risks in machine learning and generative AI models. Founded in 2019 by Yaron Singer (a former Harvard CS professor) and Kojin Oshiba, the company provides tools that stress-test AI models for vulnerabilities, prevent unsafe outputs, and protect deployed models against adversarial attacks, data poisoning, and prompt injection. Robust Intelligence was acquired by Cisco in August 2024 to anchor Cisco's AI security strategy.

Acquired

Robust Intelligence has been acquired

Acquired by Cisco Systems August 28, 2024 ~$400M (reported)

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2019

Total Funding

$44M

3 rounds

Funding

Total raised $44M across 3 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 05-10-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series B

Date

December 9, 2021

Amount

$30M

Valuation

Lead Investors

Tiger Global Management
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
December 9, 2021 Series B $30M Tiger Global Management
December 2020 Series A ~$11M Sequoia Capital
March 1, 2019 Seed $3M Engineering Capital

Leadership

  • Yaron Singer

    Co-Founder & CEO

  • Kojin Oshiba

    Co-Founder

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • HiddenLayer

    AI security platform specializing in adversarial machine learning detection, model scanning, and runtime protection for ML systems.

  • Protect AI

    Seattle-based MLSecOps platform offering model scanning, supply-chain security, and LLM guardrails; acquired by Palo Alto Networks.

  • Lakera

    Swiss/US AI security firm offering prompt-injection defense and GenAI runtime guardrails; acquired by Check Point in 2025.

  • CalypsoAI

    Provides GenAI security, observability, and policy enforcement for enterprise LLM deployments.

  • TrojAI

    AI security platform focused on detecting adversarial attacks and securing AI/ML models in production.

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