Knostic, a Reston, VA- and Tel Aviv-based innovator in Generative AI access controls, raised $3.3M in Pre-Seed funding.

The round saw participation from Shield Capital, Pitango First, DNX Ventures, and Seedcamp, with angel investors including Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout) and David Cross (Rain Capital).

Founded in late 2023 by cybersecurity veterans Gadi Evron and Sounil Yu, Knostic aims to enhance AI-powered innovation by ensuring secure, need-to-know access controls for Large Language Models (LLMs).

Leveraging knowledge-centric capabilities, Knostic enables organizations to safely adopt LLMs, aligning with their security policies and accelerating AI integration.