Lumia, an AI Security and Governance platform enabling enterprises to safely operationalize AI and autonomous agents at scale, announced an $18 million seed investment led by Team8 with participation from New Era. Lumia also appointed Admiral Michael Rogers, former Director of the NSA and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, to the Advisory Board. The platform addresses rising governance and safety challenges created by the rapid embedding of AI agents into enterprise workflows, a trend highlighted by Gartner’s projection that 40% of enterprise applications will include task-specific AI agents within a year.
Lumia delivers infrastructure-native oversight by analyzing context, content, intent, and action across AI interactions — from employee-initiated queries to autonomous agent activity. The system evaluates exposure risks, enforces adaptive governance policies, and provides full operational visibility across permissions, systems, and workflows. With support for thousands of AI applications and gateway-level integration that requires no endpoint changes, the platform equips organizations with immediate control over rapidly evolving AI environments.
"Autonomous AI is accelerating faster than most organizations are prepared for," said Admiral Michael Rogers, former Director of the NSA and new advisory board member at Lumia. "Enterprises need early visibility, clear guardrails, and a framework for accountability before these systems become embedded in every workflow.”
Founded by Omri Iluz and Bobi Gilburd, Lumia will direct the financing toward engineering expansion, deeper integrations with major AI ecosystems, and scaling commercial deployment with design-partner customers in financial services, technology, and other high-sensitivity sectors. “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,” said Omri Iluz, Co-founder & CEO. “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.”
“Lumia distinguishes itself from standard SASE offerings by offering a deeper, more specialized approach to AI security, focusing on two key areas: Inspection Depth and Coverage Velocity," said Francis Odum, founder and CEO of SACR. "Lumia achieves faster support for new AI modalities and native applications through automated protocol analysis.”