Amplifier Security secures USD $5.6 million for AI platform

Amplifier Security has raised USD $5.6 million in a seed funding round as it launches new technology to automate user engagement and address security gaps in real time.

The Atlanta-based cyber security company reported that the investment was led by TechOperators, with participation from Cota Capital, WestWave Capital, and several security industry veterans including Brian NeSmith, Ash Devata, Shawn Bass, and Kabir Barday.

Amplifier Security stated that current security challenges often stem from organisations struggling to identify and directly engage high-risk users. Common tasks such as patching, software removal, correcting misconfigured endpoints, and responding to anomalies can be delayed or overlooked, increasing an organisation's vulnerability to breaches. According to the National Cyber Security Centre, over 50% of breaches are linked to poor user and endpoint security hygiene, a situation made more complex as AI accelerates attack speed and precision.

The company has launched two new technologies: the User Security Graph and the AI Automation Studio. These are designed to enable its customers to identify risky user behaviours in real time and automate remediation without disrupting productivity. Amplifier's approach seeks to move away from traditional compliance-focused tools, instead making users active participants in maintaining their organisation's security posture.

With the new seed round, Amplifier Security has raised a total of USD $9 million to date. The company says it will use the latest investment to expand its platform and reach more customers. An alliance partnership with Jamf has also been established to further support these ambitions.

The User Security Graph maps real-time data across multiple tools—including identity management, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, SIEM, SaaS security, and employee training systems—to create live profiles of each employee's security posture. By leveraging AI, the technology highlights the most vulnerable users, visualises potential attack paths, and identifies where controls are missing. Employees receive personal dashboards to monitor and address their own security risks.

The AI Automation Studio allows IT and Security teams to design automation for security workflows using a drag-and-drop interface and natural language prompts. The tool drives user engagement through targeted, contextual conversations, escalating issues to managers or technical teams as necessary, but without building inflexible, multi-branch workflow processes.

Shreyas Sadalgi, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Amplifier, said: "Amplifier is the system of record for user risk, and the system of action that engages users to reduce it. Our mission is to transform workforce security with a platform loved by employees that helps security and IT teams improve their Net Promoter Score (NPS) to build a positive security culture without all of the toil."

Jason Kikta, Chief Information Security Officer of Automox, commented: "What we have is a failure to communicate and inform in a way that meets employees where they are and in their context. Instead we bombard them with training, simulation tests, and instructions that they do not understand or assimilate to meet compliance objectives. Amplifier closes the gap that security tools cannot address - by guiding the right person to take the right action, which helps users understand the 'why' thereby unlocking true engagement and value. Amplifier creates the resilient enterprise we have all been chasing instead of chasing our users."

Daniel Ingevaldson, General Partner at TechOperators, said: "We've seen incumbent and new security companies in this space still treat users as passive participants without respecting users' intelligence. Amplifier flips the script, engaging employees to make security intuitive, friendly, and actionable. We're proud to back Shreyas Sadalgi, Tommy Donnelly and the team as they redefine the human risk management category."

Brian NeSmith, Co-founder and Chairman of Arctic Wolf, added: "The lack of human engagement in user security automation is a missed opportunity to educate people on the why behind the risk of each security finding and required immediate actions. Because of today's hybrid and dynamic workplaces where everyone is moving fast in the age of AI and hyperproductivity, this problem has become harder to solve at scale. I'm a firm believer in Amplifier's vision of engaging the workforce for security automation – the only modern way to solve today's dynamic cybersecurity threat landscape."

Ash Devata, Chief Executive Officer of Greynoise and previous Vice President Product at Duo/Cisco, stated: "Security is fundamentally about both people and technology, yet the industry has largely built security tools focused solely on the technology element. When it comes to cybersecurity actions in workplaces, engaging employees is a big opportunity because they have a lot of business context. I'm a big fan of Amplifier's unique human-in-the-loop approach that engages employees in everyday security workflows - automation that reduces friction for both security practitioners and employees alike"

Aditya Singh, Partner at Cota Capital, said: "To decentralize security means shifting ownership out to where risk actually lives, empowering people to take direct action on devices and systems at the edge. To make security autonomous means those actions happen intelligently and automatically, without needing tickets, follow-ups, or top-down enforcement. That's the ethos behind Amplifier: a system where security happens in real time, by design — not by escalation. We're proud to continue supporting the team and their unique vision that is much needed at the intersection of security and AI"