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Runtime guardrails and AI firewalls · #10 by signal score

Protect AI

AI and ML security company behind model scanning, runtime LLM protection, and the open-source LLM Guard toolkit. Acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2025; protectai.com now redirects to Prisma AIRS, and the LLM Guard repository is archived.

Acquired by Palo Alto Networks, announced 2025-04-28, closed 2025-07-22 ($634.5M, per SEC filing). Now sold as Prisma AIRS.

30Signal score / 100
Capital
15.4/35
Product
15/25
Standards
0/20(not yet assessed)
Momentum
0/20

Identity primitives

Agent as a first-class identityNot checked
On-behalf-of token exchangeNot checked
Cross App Access (ID-JAG)Not checked
Asynchronous human approval (CIBA)Not checked
MCP authorization conformanceNot checked
Fine-grained authorizationNot checked
Short-lived, secretless credentialsNot checked
Token vaultNot checked
Kill switchNot checked
Per-action audit chainNot checked

Company

HQ: US
Funding: $108.5M disclosed, latest Series B

Open source

3,208 stars · 24 contributors
Last push 2026-07-08 · archived

Sources

  1. Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS (vendor, accessed 2026-09-23)
  2. Palo Alto Networks completes acquisition of Protect AI (press-release, accessed 2026-09-23)
  3. Protect AI raises $60 million in Series B funding (trade-press, accessed 2026-09-23)
  4. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2025 (sec, accessed 2026-09-23)

Last verified 2026-09-23.