Insider Brief
- Airia, an enterprise AI security and orchestration platform, announced $100M in funding from co-founder John Marshall, who previously co-founded AirWatch and OneTrust, to accelerate secure AI adoption.
- Founded in 2024, the company has already onboarded 300+ enterprise customers, grown to 150 employees across five continents, and established global hubs in cities including Atlanta, London, Dubai, and Singapore.
- Led by CEO Kevin Kiley, Airia is building a governance and orchestration layer for AI with model-agnostic architecture, enterprise-grade security, and patents in progress, positioning itself as critical infrastructure for safe, scalable enterprise AI.
PRESS RELEASE — Airia, the enterprise AI security and orchestration platform that enables organizations to safely deploy and scale AI, has announced $100 million in funding — including $50 million invested to date and a further $50 million commitment announced September 16th. The funding comes from co-founder John Marshall, who previously co-founded AirWatch (acquired by VMware for $1.54 billion) and served as Co-Chairman of OneTrust until 2023. Marshall is investing $100 million to accelerate Airia’s mission and drive innovation in enterprise AI adoption.
Founded in 2024, Airia has scaled rapidly — onboarding more than 300 enterprise customers worldwide, growing to 150 employees across five continents, and establishing bases in Atlanta, Singapore, London, Dubai, Melbourne, Sophia and Bangalore — all within just 12 months of emerging from stealth. In this time, the company has also welcomed thousands of users and organizations on to its free starter tier, beginning their AI journey with Airia.
“Enterprises are racing to adopt AI, but many are running into the same obstacles: security risks, fragmented deployments, and unclear ROI,” said John Marshall, Chairman of Airia. “We started Airia to give enterprises a safer and simpler path to AI adoption, one that combines orchestration, governance, and security from the start. I believe so strongly in this mission that I’m backing it personally with $100 million of my own capital.”
Airia is entering its next stage of growth under the leadership of CEO Kevin Kiley, who previously served as President and brings a proven track record of scaling enterprise technology businesses. Kiley will guide Airia through its expansion into new industries and global markets, while Marshall takes on the role of Chairman to continue shaping the company’s strategic vision.
“Airia was built for this moment,” said Kevin Kiley, CEO of Airia. “With startup agility and a proven team seasoned in guiding global enterprises through previous technological shifts, we’re helping organizations deploy AI securely today while building the governance and orchestration layer the industry will rely on for the next decade.”
According to Gartner®, “at least 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously through agentic AI by 2028, up from 0% in 2024.” Gartner also predicts that “over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, due to escalating costs, unclear business value or inadequate risk controls.”1 Airia’s platform is purpose-built to help enterprises avoid these pitfalls and achieve practical ROI from AI initiatives.
“For AI to deliver sustainable business value, enterprises must ensure every deployment is secure, governed, and adaptable,” said Kathy Lange, Research Director at IDC’s AI and Automation practice. “Airia’s platform delivers on these needs by providing flexible model integration, built-in security safeguards, and operational transparency across the AI lifecycle, enabling organizations to scale AI with confidence and control.”
Airia’s platform addresses one of the most pressing challenges in enterprise AI: how to mitigate vulnerabilities and maintain control over AI use at scale without sacrificing employee innovation. Its model-agnostic architecture gives enterprises visibility and control over both homegrown and external agents, while ensuring compliance, data privacy, and security through enterprise-grade guardrails such as role-based permissions and AI firewalls. With new funding, Airia will continue to invest aggressively in innovation, particularly at the forefront of AI security. The company has also secured a robust portfolio of key patents, with dozens more pending, underscoring its leadership in developing secure, scalable AI infrastructure.
Airia’s experienced leadership team is now focused on building the governance and orchestration layer enterprises will depend on for the next decade. With deep roots in enterprise security and compliance, the company is pairing proven execution with aggressive innovation to help organizations harness AI responsibly and at scale.
1 Source: Gartner Press Release, Gartner Predicts Over 40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Be Canceled by End of 2027, June, 2025, https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.
About Airia
Airia is the enterprise AI security and orchestration platform that enables organizations to deploy AI quickly, safely, and at scale. Built for even the most complex and regulated environments, Airia reduces vulnerabilities in agentic ecosystems and streamlines workflows across agents, models, and an organization’s applications and data sources. Airia removes the complexity and anxiety that often accompany AI adoption, allowing enterprises to operationalize AI with trust, control, and measurable impact. Today, hundreds of organizations around the world are transforming the way they work with Airia. Learn more at airia.com.
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