AIShield, incubated at Bosch Global Software Technologies (BGSW), transitions into an independent company with Protectt.ai as majority shareholder, combining AI security and mobile application security capabilities
Protectt.ai invests in AIShield to accelerate product development, R&D and global market expansion
AIShield brings AI security capabilities spanning assessment, red teaming, runtime protection and safety guardrails, with 40+ patent filings and 11 granted patent families
Protectt.ai Labs Private Limited, an AI-native cybersecurity company, today announced a strategic investment to accelerate the growth of AIShield, an AI security platform incubated within Bosch Global Software Technologies (BGSW).
As part of the partnership, Protectt.ai has invested in AIShield through a primary issuance of shares and a secondary purchase from existing investors, becoming the majority shareholder. AIShield will operate as an independent company, AI Shield Private Limited (AISW), under Protectt.ai
The partnership brings together Protectt.ai’s expertise in mobile application security and its strong presence across regulated industries with engineering capabilities and innovation ecosystem. The new capital will support AIShield’s research and development, global scale-up and development of sovereign AI security capabilities
As AI becomes increasingly embedded in critical business processes, enterprises, particularly those operating in regulated sectors, are placing greater emphasis on the security, governance and control of their AI environments. The partnership is designed to address this growing requirement by combining AIShield’s AI security capabilities with Protectt.ai’s established mobile application security platform and customer relationships
“AI is moving from pilots into production across banking and regulated enterprises, and the security stack has to evolve with it. AIShield brings a proven platform, a strong engineering team and a deep patent portfolio. Together, Protectt.ai and Bosch aim to build India’s first full-stack AI security platform, covering AI for Security, Security for AI and Sovereign AI Security, so enterprises can adopt AI confidently with the resilience and the control it demands. We are pleased to have Bosch alongside us as a strategic partner,” said Manish Mimani, Founder and CEO, Protectt.ai
AIShield was incubated to address the security requirements emerging from the adoption of AI and machine learning across enterprises. Its platform supports AI security from development through production, combining AI security assessment and red teaming with runtime protection and safety guardrails. AIShield’s capabilities address AI-specific cyber risks, including prompt injection and vulnerabilities in AI applications. The company has more than 40 patent filings, including 11 granted patent families, and serves customers across Europe and the Middle East
Protectt.ai is an AI-native cybersecurity company specialising in mobile application security, AI security and AI-native offensive security. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, it serves leading banks, NBFCs, insurers, fintechs and government platforms in India and has a presence across India, the UAE and the US. The partnership will enable Protectt.ai to combine its mobile application security assets and customer relationships with AIShield’s AI security capabilities, while expanding AIShield’s reach across Asian markets. Protectt.ai will bring in complementary capabilities through its established customer relationships particularly across regulated sectors, including BFSI
As AI adoption accelerates, regulatory and security requirements are evolving across markets. Enterprises are increasingly looking for greater control over where their AI systems, data and workloads reside and how they are governed. The partnership will support the development and adoption of Sovereign AI Security, enabling organizations to strengthen control over AI environments while addressing evolving security and regulatory requirements
The partnership marks a new phase in AIShield’s journey from an innovation to an independent AI security company with the ability to scale its technology, customer base and market presence globally. It brings together a strong engineering and enterprise ecosystem – Protectt.ai’s cybersecurity capabilities and customer relationships, and AIShield’s AI security platform to address the evolving security requirements of enterprises adopting AI.
Commenting on the significance of the partnership, Vishal Gupta, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, said, “For investors, this is an encouraging sign of ecosystem maturity. It demonstrates that Indian startups can create sufficient scale, credibility and market leadership to become preferred partners for global technology assets. We expect to see more such transactions as Indian companies expand their global footprint and compete in category-defining markets”
