An Autonomous System That Unifies DSPM, DLP, Insider Risk, and Exfiltration Defense into a Self-Learning Intelligence Layer
BENGALURU, India – October 15, 2025: Matters.AI, an AI-native data security company built in Bharat, today announced that it has raised ₹55 crore to launch a new category of autonomous defense systems called the AI Security Engineer. Unlike traditional security platforms that only monitor or alert, the AI Security Engineer is a self-learning system that understands how sensitive data behaves, predicts misuse before it occurs, and responds autonomously across Cloud, SaaS, Endpoint, and On-Prem environments.
Funding Details
The ₹42 crore Seed round was co-led by Kalaari Capital and Endiya Partners, with participation from Better Capital, Carya Venture Partners, and leading cybersecurity angels. The earlier ₹13 crore Pre-Seed round was led by Better Capital and Carya Venture Partners.
The latest funding will accelerate research and development in predictive detection, expand go-to-market operations in India and the United States, and strengthen engineering and customer success teams serving regulated industries under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) framework.
Addressing a Universal Security Challenge
Enterprises worldwide face a fundamental challenge: visibility. According to Matters.AI’s founders, more than 90% of sensitive data remains invisible to security teams. As a result, what cannot be seen cannot be protected.
Legacy DLP and DSPM tools generate thousands of alerts daily, creating fatigue for security analysts while missing real data threats. When incidents occur, response is often delayed — with nearly 80% of investigation time spent gathering logs and mapping access rather than mitigating the threat.
Matters.AI was created to address this gap by delivering a single autonomous system that can see, understand, and protect data everywhere — before damage occurs.
AI Security Engineer: A New Class of System
The AI Security Engineer is designed to think and act like a human security analyst. Built on semantic graphs and predictive AI models, the system understands context, intent, and behavior to detect and respond to threats in real time.
Key capabilities include:
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Real-time endpoint visibility and control through continuous data tracing
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Data lineage and fingerprinting to monitor how data moves and why
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Hybrid deployment options across On-Prem and SaaS environments
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GenAI governance across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot ecosystems
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Native integrations with Zoho, Snowflake, Salesforce, AWS, Azure, GCP, and Databricks
With India’s DPDP Act driving greater accountability and transparency in data protection, Matters.AI offers enterprises a unified control layer for real-time data visibility, compliance, and autonomous response.
Leadership Commentary
Keshava Murthy, CEO & Co-Founder, Matters.AI, said:
“India has built rockets, payments, and software for the world; now we’re building to protect it. The world doesn’t need another dashboard screaming alerts — it needs a system that can think. That’s Matters.AI, the AI Security Engineer that never sleeps.”
Harsh Sahu, CTO & Co-Founder, added:
“Our system reasons like a human engineer, learning from how people and data interact, predicting misuse, and responding autonomously.”
Dhiraj Khare, Chief Revenue Officer, stated:
“CISOs want clarity, not chaos. Matters.AI connects every data layer — endpoint, cloud, SaaS, GenAI, and On-Prem — into one control plane where visibility meets action.”
Investor Perspectives
Sateesh Andra, Managing Director, Endiya Partners, said:
“Security teams tell us their biggest gap is between visibility and enforcement. Matters unifies discovery, lineage, and intent-aware controls into a single policy plane so organizations can prevent data exfiltration across cloud, SaaS, endpoints, and AI tools — while cutting alert noise. We’re delighted to co-lead this round with Kalaari Capital.”
Sampath, Partner, Kalaari Capital, added:
“As privacy regulations tighten worldwide and AI adoption accelerates, enterprises face an urgent need for intelligent, autonomous data protection. Matters.AI is building the adaptive control layer for this new era — a system that learns, adapts, and secures data continuously in an AI-driven world.”
About Matters.AI
Matters.AI is an AI-native data security platform that thinks like an engineer. By unifying DSPM, Insider Risk, DDR, Exfiltration Defense, and DLP into one intelligent layer, it understands what data means, who is interacting with it, and why — preventing threats before they become incidents.
Backed by Kalaari Capital, Endiya Partners, Better Capital, and Carya Venture Partners, Matters.AI protects enterprises across India and the world.
🔗 Learn more: www.matters.ai
