The startup will bring its data lake, which was designed for AI agents, to the Cyera platform, the vendor said.
Cyera announced Thursday that it has acquired an AI-focused data lake startup, Ryft, in the latest major expansion of the vendor’s data and AI security platform.
Terms of the acquisition for Ryft, which was founded in 2024, were not disclosed.
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The startup will bring its data lake, which was designed for AI agents, to the Cyera platform, the vendor said.
The move accelerates the roadmap at Cyera for being able to offer “instantly traceable, secure data access for agentic AI at scale,” the company said in a news release.
The acquisition follows a $400 million Series F funding round announced by Cyera in January. The round, which came with a $9 billion valuation for the company, brought Cyera to a total of more than $1.7 billion in funding raised since its debut in 2021.
Previously, Cyera had acquired Trail Security in 2024 for $162 million, which the company said has introduced an AI-powered approach for DLP (data loss prevention) to its data security platform. The platform’s core functionality has been focused around DSPM (data security posture management), which has been extended to enable secure usage of data with AI tools.
In March, Cyera announced the launch of a set of new capabilities for protecting AI adoption, including its new Browser Shield tool. The offering delivers real-time visibility and discovery for AI used within browsers—whether those tools are managed or unmanaged, Cyera said.
In an interview in November 2025, Cyera CRO Steve Rog told CRN that the partner opportunities going forward are expansive amid massive growth for Cyera’s data and AI security platform.
