Cyera acquires Ryft to deliver traceable data access for AI agents at enterprise scale

Cyera Expands AI Security Capabilities Through Strategic Acquisition

Data security company Cyera has acquired Ryft, an AI-focused data lake startup founded in 2024, in a move that strengthens its position in the rapidly evolving market for data security for AI agents 1

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. Market sources estimate the acquisition is valued between $100 million and $130 million, though official terms were not disclosed 1

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. The deal marks Cyera's fourth acquisition in five years and follows the company's $400 million Series F funding round in January, which valued the startup at $9 billion 1

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Automated Data Lake Platforms Built for Enterprise AI Agents

Ryft offers automated data lake platforms that enable fast, secure data access to enterprise data while automatically analyzing how information is accessed by both employees and AI agents 1

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. The platform automates authorization, classification and optimization of information, built on an open-source standard that allows customers to retain control without vendor lock-in 1

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. Ryft's managed layer handles optimization, compliance, disaster recovery and governance automatically, removing the manual engineering overhead typically required to keep a data lake performant and audit-ready 1

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. The architecture sits alongside existing query engines and analytics tools without forcing customers to migrate data or commit to a proprietary stack 1

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Addressing Critical Gaps in Agentic AI Deployment

The acquisition addresses a pressing challenge as enterprises race to deploy agentic AI systems that access, analyze and act on sensitive corporate data. Ryft's platform gives security and compliance teams a consistent view of what data AI agents are reaching, what permissions they used and what actions followed—a capability that faces mounting challenges as agentic systems multiply across enterprise environments 1

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. The combination delivers an AI-ready data lake capable of supporting agent workloads that need clean, well-managed and traceable data access at scale, rather than the loosely governed data swamps that have become common 1

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. Cyera said the deal will accelerate its roadmap for delivering instantly traceable, secure data access for agentic AI at scale 2

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Building a Unified AI Security Control Plane

Following the close of the deal, Ryft Chief Executive Officer Yossi Reitblat will lead AI security activities at Cyera, with the Ryft team forming a new group focused on the intersection of AI, data and information security 1

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. "The Ryft team brings deep expertise at the intersection of data and AI and will play a key role as we build a unified data and AI control plane to help enterprises adopt agentic AI safely and at speed," said Tamar Bar-Ilan, co-founder and chief technology officer at Cyera 1

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. Prior to the acquisition, Ryft had raised $8 million in funding from investors including Index Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners 1

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Cyera's Expanding Data Security Platform Portfolio

The acquisition builds on Cyera's aggressive expansion strategy in the data and AI security market. In 2024, Cyera acquired Trail Security for $162 million, introducing AI-powered data loss prevention to its data security platform 2

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. The platform's core functionality has focused on DSPM, which has been extended to enable secure usage of data with AI tools 2

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. In March, Cyera launched Browser Shield, delivering real-time visibility and discovery for AI used within browsers, whether those tools are managed or unmanaged 2

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. Since its debut in 2021, Cyera has raised more than $1.7 billion in total funding 2

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