Cybersecurity Heavyweights Launch JetStream with $34M Seed Round to Bring Governance to Enterprise AI | National
Publish Date: 2026-03-03 09:03:00
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Backed by Redpoint Ventures, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport, and Okta Vice-Chairman Frederic Kerrest, the company was founded by veteran security operators with a mission to accelerate enterprise AI success
SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 3, 2026 / JetStream Security, a new company founded by veteran security operators from CrowdStrike, Dazz, SentinelOne, Cohesity, McAfee, and Attivo Networks, today launched its AI governance platform. JetStream raised $34 million in a massively over-subscribed seed round led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund. Cybersecurity luminaries like George Kurtz (CrowdStrike), Assaf Rappaport (Wiz), and Frederic Kerrest (Okta) are some of its blue-chip angel investors.
Companies are racing to deploy AI agents, bots, applications, MCP Servers, and custom built models that they don’t fully understand, can’t clearly monitor, and struggle to control. Most technology leaders still can’t answer basic questions: what data is being accessed, how AI systems behave, who is accountable when there’s an AI incident, or what they really cost. When AI scales faster than governance, risk becomes the adoption constraint.
Today, 93% of executives experience challenges with implementing AI governance and security guardrails, indicating how AI controls are ripe for innovation. At the same time, expectations are rising: more than 80% of CEOs are increasingly optimistic about the ROI of their AI investments, yet half believe their own jobs are at risk if those investments fail to deliver.
JetStream brings clarity to this chaos, giving enterprises unified visibility and control, so that AI becomes a strategic asset, not a hidden liability. The company’s thesis is that AI is ready for takeoff – but trust in AI remains nascent. Lack of…
