Lumia, a startup focused on securing the rapidly expanding world of autonomous AI, has raised an $18 million Seed round led by Team8 with participation from New Era. As part of the announcement, the company is also appointing Admiral Michael Rogers, former Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, to its advisory board.

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Lumia's platform operates at the network layer and does not require endpoint installation. It monitors and interprets the “content, context, intent, and action” of every AI interaction, whether performed by an employee or an autonomous agent, and enforces dynamic policies while providing continuous visibility into how agents behave, under what permissions, and across which systems. The company supports thousands of AI applications and says its infrastructure-native architecture is designed to allow large organizations to adopt AI “by default” without compromising security.

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The company was founded by Omri Iluz, formerly co-founder and CEO of PerimeterX, acquired by HUMAN Security, and Bobi Gilburd, former CTO of Unit 8200. Lumia plans to use the new capital to expand engineering and research, deepen integrations with major AI ecosystems, and scale its go-to-market strategy among design-partner customers in financial services, technology, and other data-sensitive sectors.

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Iluz said the tension inside large organizations is becoming increasingly visible. “The pressure on CISOs is huge, they cannot afford to be the ones pulling back the business on the greatest productivity boost in this century,” he said. “However, AI introduces risks that the business just cannot afford. Lumia allows enterprises to adopt AI securely and responsibly, allowing broad usage while putting seamless controls in place.”