Company profile
AIShield
Security for AI systems from build to production: red-teams and assesses models and GenAI apps for weaknesses such as prompt injection, then guards them at runtime with safety guardrails.
- Status
- PrivateListed on CyberMerge Startup Radar (private vendors), snapshot Oct 27, 2026
- Valuation
- Undisclosed
- Latest funding
- Undisclosed
- HQ
- Bengaluru / India (Startup Radar)
- CyberMerge Index
- #6 · score 73 Oct 27, 2026
- Last updated
Categories
Funding & valuation
Funding: Undisclosed — no round recorded in the CyberMerge Funding Tracker.
Latest signals
- Startup Radar · AI Security · snapshot Oct 27, 2026 27 Oct 2026: Protectt.ai (Bessemer-backed) took a majority stake in Bosch-incubated AIShield through new shares plus a secondary purchase; Bosch keeps a minority stake and AIShield runs as an independent company, AI Shield Private Limited. New capital goes to R&D, global expansion and sovereign AI security. 40+ patent filings (11 granted families), customers in Europe and West Asia. Deal value Undisclosed (Business Standard / Inc42). Source
Rankings
- CyberMerge Index · Oct 27, 2026 #6 · score 73. M&A (Oct 27): Bessemer-backed Protectt.ai is taking a controlling stake in AIShield, the AI-model security business Bosch incubated in 2022, through new shares plus a buyout of existing ones. Bosch keeps a minority stake and AIShield runs as its own company. AIShield red-teams… Source Daily momentum, not market cap.
Competitors
Same-category peers from CyberMerge Research maps, Startup Radar and What's The Use tags.
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Related CyberMerge stories
On the desk
- M&A Activity · Oct 27, 2026 Protectt.ai, the Bessemer-backed Indian mobile security startup, is taking a controlling stake in AIShield, the AI-security platform built inside Bosch. Terms: Undisclosed. Inc42
- Startup Radar · Oct 27, 2026 Exit watch: AIShield, the AI-model security startup Bosch incubated in 2022, is getting a new majority owner in Protectt.ai. Bosch keeps a minority stake. Inc42
Figures appear only as recorded in CyberMerge data, with source and date. “Undisclosed” means no published figure in our data. Editorial, not investment advice. Last updated . Spot an error? Tell the desk.