Protecto
AI Governance & Compliance · Data Loss Prevention
Overview
Protecto is the AI Data Control Plane for agentic AI. Detect, mask, and control sensitive data before it reaches any LLM, agent, or MCP tool.
Key facts
These are the key facts about Protecto on Alion as of Nov 13, 2026. Protecto is headquartered in Oakhurst, United States. The latest round is Seed of $4M, announced in 2023.
- Headquarters
- Oakhurst, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Sep 27, 2026
- Total raised
- $4MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
- Latest round
- Seed · $4M · Nov 7, 2023Press report · businesswire.com
Funding and backers
Total raised
$4M
1 round on record
Latest round
$4M
Seed · Nov 2023 · 3 yr ago
Backers
3
Better Capital, Speciale Invest
The money's age
Long since its last round
36 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Dec 10, 2025
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Protecto – Enterprise AI Privacy for Startups ($250/month, not $50K)
Nov 7, 2023
Raised a round Seed $4M
Jan 2022
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
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Web presence
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Nov 2023 | $4M | — | businesswire.com |
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Better Capital 
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Financials
Total raised
$4M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2023 | $4M | Details |
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News
Enforcing AI Data Policy at the API Gateway
A Technical blog series on where sensitive data moves in an AI workflow, what decisions Protecto makes at each point, and what enterprises get from enforcing policy once instead of everywhere. Contents Introduction The Six Places Enterprise AI Touches Sen
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Protecting Sensitive Data Inside an AI Agent
A Technical blog series on where sensitive data moves in an AI workflow, what decisions Protecto makes at each point, and what enterprises get from enforcing policy once instead of everywhere. Contents Introduction The Six Places Enterprise AI Touches Sen
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How Protecto's Privacy Gateway protects data inside LibreChat
Self-hosting LibreChat gives you control over your chat infrastructure and conversation storage. But when you connect a hosted model such as OpenAI or Gemini, the prompts and context you send can still expose sensitive data. Protecto Privacy Gateway for A
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Six Integration Patterns for Enforcing Data Policy Across Enterprise AI
A Technical blog series on where sensitive data moves in an AI workflow, what decisions Protecto makes at each point, and what enterprises get from enforcing policy once instead of everywhere. Contents Introduction The Six Places Enterprise AI Touches Sen
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Secure Data Sharing: Best Practices for Privacy and Compliance
Data sharing creates business value only when organizations can control where data goes, who can use it, and what happens after it leaves its original system. That becomes harder as businesses exchange customer records, financial information, healthcare d
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AI Model Governance: Framework, Roles, Controls and Implementation Checklist
AI models rarely become a governance problem because of the model alone. The real risk often emerges from what surrounds it: the data it receives, the decisions it influences, the systems it can access, and the people accountable for its outcomes. That ma
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AI Acceptable Use Policy: Template, Examples and Implementation Guide
AI governance often breaks down before the first serious AI incident occurs. The problem is usually not the technology itself, but the absence of clear boundaries around how employees use it, what information they can share, and which decisions still requ
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What Is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? Types, Use Cases, and Best Practices
Protecting sensitive data is no longer just a compliance objective. It has become a prerequisite for adopting cloud services, enabling AI, and maintaining customer trust. Yet many organizations still struggle to balance innovation with effective data gove
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Principle of Least Privilege: Meaning, Examples, and Implementation for AI Agents
Every unnecessary permission increases an organization's attack surface. Microsoft reports that more than 600 million identity attacks occur every day, making identity and access controls one of the most critical layers of enterprise security. As AI agent
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Why Is a Reranker Needed in RAG If We Have a Retriever?
Enterprise RAG pipelines have a recall stage and a precision stage. The retriever handles recall. The reranker handles precision. Skipping the reranker, or misplacing security controls around it, is where most accuracy and data exposure problems begin. Th
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Oakhurst
United States
Regional office
5576 Oakhurst Ct, San Jose, California, 95129, US
How to cite this page
Alion, "Protecto: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/protecto-ai
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