Upwind
Upwind is a runtime-first cloud security platform that adds AI-SPM, an AI-BOM, MCP security and AI security testing for AI workloads.
Facts
Source per value- Agent security, as documented What the vendor documents for this capability.
- MCP Security traces agent prompts, decision chains, tool calls, file changes and downstream API calls end to end. 1
- Red teaming, as documented What the vendor documents for this capability.
- AI security testing runs prompt-injection and jailbreak tests and checks unsafe tool bindings. 1
- AI-SPM and AI-BOM, as documented What the vendor documents for this capability.
- AI-SPM flags exposed model endpoints, unversioned models, permissive IAM roles and exposed keys; the AI-BOM inventories libraries, frameworks, model registries and cloud AI services. 1
- Data protection for AI, as documented What the vendor documents for this capability.
- Detects sensitive data in prompts and inference payloads in real time. 1
- Frameworks mapped Security and compliance frameworks the vendor explicitly maps its testing, controls or reports to. A mapping, not a certification.
- OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 1
- Integrations and platforms Named clouds, models, development tools, protocols or security tools the product supports.
- OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex AI; AWS, Azure and Google Cloud 1
- Latest disclosed round $M Size of the most recent funding round the company or the press reported, in US$ millions.
- 400 2
- Funding Latest round, lead investor and month, plus the total raised where the source states it.
- $400M Series C led by Bessemer Venture Partners, October 2026; more than $800M raised in total. 2
Sources
- Upwind: unified AI protection accessed 2026-11-11
- Help Net Security: Upwind raises $400M accessed 2026-11-11
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