SiliconANGLE: Certiv on Securing AI Agents at Black Hat USA 2026
SiliconANGLE's Black Hat USA 2026 coverage features Certiv CEO Jason Needham on why understanding agent intent is critical as enterprises give AI agents greater autonomy.
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SiliconANGLE's Black Hat USA 2026 coverage features Certiv CEO Jason Needham on why understanding agent intent is critical as enterprises give AI agents greater autonomy.
Oren Etzioni discusses the need for enforceable boundaries around autonomous AI systems and points to Certiv as one example of this emerging approach.
Certiv emerged from stealth with $4.2M in pre-seed funding from Aviso Ventures, Founders Co-op, and Fortson to introduce AI Agent Assurance for Endpoints, a new security category designed to help enterprises govern and secure autonomous software decisions on employee workstations.
"A Seattle startup called Certiv emerged from stealth Monday with $4.2 million in funding to build security software that monitors and controls AI agents operating on employee computers." GeekWire covers Certiv's launch, the founding team's background at Apple, VMware, F5, and Microsoft, and how the platform acts as a gatekeeper between AI agents and enterprise systems.