MIND

MIND builds an AI-native data loss prevention and insider risk management platform aimed at automating a category of security tooling that has historically required constant manual tuning. Traditional DLP relies on security teams writing and maintaining large libraries of regex and keyword-matching rules that generate high false-positive rates and still miss novel exfiltration paths; MIND’s pitch is that its proprietary endpoint agent and AI engine can detect and act on sensitive-data exposure with far less manual rule-writing, across endpoints, cloud apps, and increasingly, GenAI tool usage.

Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, MIND was started by Eran Barak, who previously founded and sold security automation vendor Hexadite to Microsoft, alongside co-founders with prior roles at Torq, Axonius, and Dazz. The company emerged from stealth in October 2024 with an $11 million seed round led by YL Ventures, then closed a $30 million Series A just seven months later in June 2025, led by Paladin Capital Group and Crosspoint Capital Partners with participation from Okta Ventures, bringing total funding to roughly $41 million.

MIND reports 500 percent customer growth in the seven months following its stealth exit and says it has gained traction among Fortune 1000 companies, protecting sensitive data across hundreds of thousands of endpoints via its agent. Those figures are self-reported rather than independently audited, but the rapid, well-regarded fundraising and the founding team’s track record (a prior successful automation exit to Microsoft) are independently verifiable signals of credibility.