An Autonomous System That Thinks Like an Engineer — Unifying DSPM, DLP, Insider Risk, and Exfiltration Defense
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 category of autonomous defense — the AI Security Engineer. Unlike traditional security tools that only monitor or alert, Matters.AI’s self-learning system understands how sensitive data behaves, predicts misuse before it happens, and responds autonomously across Cloud, SaaS, Endpoints, and On-Prem environments.
Funding Details and Growth Plans
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. The earlier ₹13 crore Pre-Seed round was led by Better Capital and Carya Venture Partners.
The new funding will accelerate:
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R&D in predictive detection and AI-native data protection
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Go-to-market expansion across India and the US
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Engineering and customer success functions serving regulated sectors under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act
The Problem That Sparked Innovation
Every CISO the founders met echoed one concern:
“I can’t even tell you where my sensitive data is right now.”
In today’s enterprise landscape, over 90% of sensitive data remains invisible to security teams. What can’t be seen, can’t be protected. Security analysts chase thousands of alerts daily, yet critical threats often slip through unnoticed. Legacy DLP and DSPM tools overwhelm teams with noise while missing true risk signals.
When a data incident occurs, response time lags — with 80% of the investigation spent gathering logs and mapping access rather than addressing the threat itself.
How Matters.AI Solves It
Matters.AI ends alert fatigue by turning chaos into clarity.
It delivers one autonomous system that can see, understand, and protect data everywhere — before damage occurs.
Built on semantic graphs and predictive AI, the platform “thinks like an engineer”, understanding not just events but the intent and context behind data movement.
Key Capabilities: Full-Stack Visibility for a Complex World
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Real-time endpoint visibility and control through continuous data tracing
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Data lineage and fingerprinting to track how and why data moves
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Hybrid deployment support across On-Prem and SaaS environments
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GenAI governance for ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot ecosystems
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Native integrations with Zoho, Snowflake, Salesforce, AWS, Azure, GCP, and Databricks
With India’s DPDP Act redefining data accountability, organizations now require live visibility into how sensitive information flows across systems. Matters.AI provides that unified clarity — built in Bharat, trusted worldwide.
Leadership Speaks
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 Endorsements
Sateesh Andra, Managing Director, Endiya Partners
“Security teams tell us their biggest gap is between visibility and enforcement. Matters unifies discovery, lineage, and intent-aware controls into a single policy plane to prevent data exfiltration across environments while cutting alert noise. We’re thrilled to co-lead this round with Kalaari Capital and back Keshava, Harsh, and Dhiraj.”
Sampath, Partner, Kalaari Capital
“As privacy regulations tighten and AI adoption accelerates, enterprises urgently 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 the AI-native data security platform that thinks like an engineer. By unifying DSPM, Insider Risk, DDR, Exfiltration Defense, and DLP into one intelligent layer, it understands what data means, who’s interacting with it, and why — stopping threats before they become incidents.
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
