Autonomous AI System Unifies DSPM, DLP, Insider Risk, and Exfiltration Defense in a Self-Learning Intelligence Layer
BENGALURU, INDIA – October 15, 2025: Matters.AI, an AI-native data-security company built in Bharat, today announced a ₹55 crore fundraise to pioneer a new class of cybersecurity architecture — the AI Security Engineer. Unlike traditional security platforms that merely monitor or alert, the AI Security Engineer is a self-learning system that understands how sensitive data behaves, predicts misuse before it occurs, and responds autonomously across Cloud, SaaS, Endpoints, and On-Prem environments.
Funding Details
The ₹42 crore Seed Round was co-led by Kalaari Capital and Endiya Partners, with participation from Better Capital, Carya Venture Partners, and leading cybersecurity angels.
An earlier ₹13 crore Pre-Seed Round was led by Better Capital and Carya Venture Partners.
The latest investment will accelerate:
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R&D in predictive threat detection and AI-driven data protection.
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Market expansion across India and the U.S.
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Team growth in engineering and customer success, with a focus on regulated sectors operating under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act.
The Challenge: Visibility Gap in Data Security
Enterprise CISOs consistently report the same challenge:
“I can’t even tell you where my sensitive data is right now.”
Today, more than 90% of sensitive enterprise data remains invisible to security teams. As a result, analysts face thousands of daily alerts while real threats slip through undetected. Legacy DLP and DSPM tools generate excessive noise without meaningful insights. When incidents do occur, response time is slow — with 80% of investigative effort spent gathering logs and reconstructing context rather than neutralizing the threat.
The Matters.AI Solution
Matters.AI transforms this landscape with a single autonomous intelligence layer that can see, understand, and protect data everywhere — before damage occurs.
Using semantic graphs and predictive AI models, the system reasons like an engineer, analyzing the context and intent behind every data interaction rather than reacting post-incident.
Full-Stack Visibility and Control
Key features include:
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Endpoint visibility and control through real-time data tracing.
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Data lineage and fingerprinting for comprehensive tracking.
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Hybrid deployment support across On-Prem and SaaS.
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GenAI governance for ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot.
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Native integrations with Zoho, Snowflake, Salesforce, AWS, Azure, GCP, and Databricks.
With the DPDP Act redefining data accountability, organizations need real-time clarity on how sensitive data flows across systems. Matters.AI delivers that capability — built in Bharat, trusted worldwide.
Leadership Comments
Keshava Murthy, CEO & Co-Founder, Matters.AI
“India has built rockets, payments, and software for the world — now we’re building to protect it. The world doesn’t need another dashboard screaming alerts; it needs a system that can think. That’s Matters.AI — the AI Security Engineer that never sleeps.”
Harsh Sahu, CTO & Co-Founder
“Our system reasons like a human engineer, learning from how people and data interact, predicting misuse, and responding autonomously.”
Dhiraj Khare, Chief Revenue Officer
“CISOs want clarity, not chaos. Matters.AI connects every data layer — endpoint, cloud, SaaS, GenAI, and On-Prem — into one control plane where visibility meets action.”
Investor Quotes
Sateesh Andra, Managing Director, Endiya Partners
“Security teams tell us their biggest gap is between visibility and enforcement. Matters.AI unifies discovery, lineage, and intent-aware controls into a single policy plane, helping organizations prevent data exfiltration across environments while cutting alert noise. We’re delighted to co-lead this round with Kalaari Capital and support the Matters team in executing their AI-native vision.”
Sampath, Partner, Kalaari Capital
“As privacy regulations tighten and AI adoption accelerates, enterprises need intelligent, autonomous data protection. Matters.AI is building the adaptive control layer for this new reality — a system that learns, adapts, and secures data continuously in an AI-driven world.”
About Matters.AI
Matters.AI is an AI-native data-security platform that thinks like an engineer. It unifies DSPM, Insider Risk, DDR, Exfiltration Defense, and DLP into one intelligent layer that understands what data means, who interacts with it, and why — enabling organizations to stop threats before they escalate.
Backed by Kalaari Capital, Endiya Partners, Better Capital, and Carya Venture Partners, Matters.AI protects enterprises across India and the world.
🔗 Learn more: www.matters.ai
