Protect AI
Protect AI, Inc. (acquired by Palo Alto Networks, July 2025)
The Platform for AI Security
Last verified April 22, 2026Quick facts: Protect AI is an AI compliance vendor founded in 2022 and headquartered in Seattle, United States. The vendor publicly documents coverage for NIST AI RMF. Pricing is available on request. Profile last verified April 22, 2026, with every claim traceable to a cited public source.
About Protect AI
Protect AI was a Seattle-based MLSecOps company founded in 2022 by Ian Swanson, Daryan Dehghanpisheh, and Badar Ahmed that built a comprehensive AI and ML security platform. The platform comprised three main products — Guardian (model scanning and supply-chain security), Recon (AI red teaming), and Layer (runtime monitoring) — operating on a unified platform. The company was backed by 17,000+ security researchers via its huntr community and partnered with Hugging Face on threat research. Protect AI was acquired by Palo Alto Networks on July 22, 2025 and its technology has been integrated into Prisma AIRS (AI Runtime Security), Palo Alto's comprehensive AI security platform. Prior to acquisition the company had raised $108.5M total ($14M seed in December 2022, $35M Series A in July 2023, $60M Series B in August 2024), all led by Evolution Equity Partners.
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Frameworks supported
Regulations and voluntary standards Protect AI documents support for on their own materials. Chip shading reflects the strength of the claim, not an independent audit.
Voluntary standard · US · voluntary
Protect AI features
Capabilities Protect AI markets publicly. Inclusion means the feature is documented on the vendor's site — not that it's best-in-class. Last verified April 22, 2026.
AI Model Inventory
Centralized registry of all AI/ML models in use across the organization, with ownership, lifecycle stage, and risk classification.
Policy Management
Authoring, versioning, and distribution of AI usage policies mapped to regulations.
Risk Assessment Workflow
Guided workflows for completing AI impact assessments, risk scoring, and approval routing.
Model Monitoring
Production monitoring for performance, drift, data quality, and fairness regressions.
LLM Red Teaming
Automated adversarial testing of LLMs for jailbreaks, prompt injection, and unsafe outputs.
LLM Guardrails & Content Filtering
Runtime guardrails that block or redact unsafe prompts and responses in production LLM applications.
Industries served
Integrations
Documented by Protect AI in public product materials.
- AWS SageMaker
- Databricks
Protect AI pricing
Now integrated into Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS. Original standalone Protect AI pricing was enterprise-only, contact sales. Current pricing through Palo Alto Networks.
Frequently asked
What is Protect AI?+
Protect AI is a model governance + MLOps platform headquartered in Seattle, United States, founded in 2022. Profile last verified April 22, 2026.
How much does Protect AI cost?+
Protect AI does not publish pricing. Now integrated into Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS. Original standalone Protect AI pricing was enterprise-only, contact sales. Current pricing through Palo Alto Networks.. Verified April 22, 2026.
Which AI compliance frameworks does Protect AI support?+
Protect AI documents support for NIST AI RMF in its public materials. Coverage strength varies — see the framework chips above.
Who is Protect AI for?+
Protect AI markets to Defense & National Security, Healthcare, and Government & Public Sector teams. Match it against your specific framework and integration requirements before committing.
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