Helmet Security Emerges From Stealth Mode With $9 Million in Funding

Helmet Security has emerged from stealth mode with $9 million in funding from SYN Ventures and WhiteRabbit Ventures, according to SecurityWeek. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the company was co-founded by Fred Kneip and Kaushik Shanadi, with Kneip as CEO and Shanadi as CTO. The startup aims to secure the connections between AI agents and software and data, focusing on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) which underpins these interactions.

Its end-to-end platform continuously identifies, monitors, and enforces controls on MCP servers, scanning for MCP servers, logging traffic across MCP connections, and enabling the blocking of noncompliant connections. The solution integrates with existing endpoint detection and response tools and is designed to provide insights into how AI systems connect, communicate, and decide, preparing it for evolving agentic connectivity.