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HiddenLayer

HiddenLayer is an Austin, Texas-based AI security company founded in March 2022 by Chris Sestito (CEO), Tanner Burns (Chief Scientist), and Jim Ballard (CIO) — former Cylance researchers who encountered a real-world attack on production ML models. HiddenLayer builds an AI Security Platform that protects machine learning and generative AI systems across their entire lifecycle, comprising four integrated modules: AI Discovery (catalogs AI assets and eliminates shadow AI), AI Supply Chain Security (Model Scanner inspects models, weights, and pickle/RDS files for malicious payloads and backdoors), AI Attack Simulation (continuous adversarial red-teaming for agentic and generative systems), and AI Runtime Security / AIDR (a real-time detection-and-response firewall using deterministic classifiers that sit outside the model inference path to detect prompt injection, jailbreaks, indirect attacks, data leakage, and malicious tool calls in agentic and MCP systems). The platform exposes native connectors for CI/CD, MLOps, SIEM/SOAR, API gateways, and major data and cloud platforms, plus guardrail integrations for OpenAI Agents, LangChain, AWS Strands, Microsoft Agent Framework, Azure APIM, and a GitHub Action for Model Scanner. HiddenLayer publishes Python, TypeScript, and Java/Kotlin SDKs and research-grade tooling such as HiddenPickle (Python pickle disassembler/patcher) and HiddenPromise (R .rdx/.rdb/.rds disassembler). The company has raised $56M total ($50M Series A in September 2023 led by M12 / Microsoft's Venture Fund and Moore Strategic Ventures, with Booz Allen Ventures, IBM Ventures, Capital One Ventures, and Ten Eleven Ventures participating) and serves Fortune 500 enterprises, financial services, and US Federal agencies. The HiddenLayer SaaS console and REST API are gated behind enterprise sales and not publicly self-serve, placing this profile in Tier-3 (enterprise-gated) coverage.

HiddenLayer is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include AI Security, ML Security, AISec, AIDR, and AI Detection & Response.

HiddenLayer’s developer surface includes engineering blog, GitHub presence, YouTube channel, and 31 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
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AI SecurityML SecurityAISecAIDRAI Detection & ResponseAI Runtime SecurityModel ScanningAI Supply ChainAI Red TeamingPrompt InjectionJailbreak DetectionAI GuardrailsAgentic AI SecurityMCP SecurityAdversarial Machine LearningGenerative AI SecurityShadow AIAI Bill Of MaterialsSecurityEnterprise

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Hidden Layer Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: hidden-layer
name: HiddenLayer
description: 'HiddenLayer is an Austin, Texas-based AI security company founded in March 2022 by Chris Sestito (CEO), Tanner
  Burns (Chief Scientist), and Jim Ballard (CIO) — former Cylance researchers who encountered a real-world attack on production
  ML models. HiddenLayer builds an AI Security Platform that protects machine learning and generative AI systems across their
  entire lifecycle, comprising four integrated modules: AI Discovery (catalogs AI assets and eliminates shadow AI), AI Supply
  Chain Security (Model Scanner inspects models, weights, and pickle/RDS files for malicious payloads and backdoors), AI Attack
  Simulation (continuous adversarial red-teaming for agentic and generative systems), and AI Runtime Security / AIDR (a real-time
  detection-and-response firewall using deterministic classifiers that sit outside the model inference path to detect prompt
  injection, jailbreaks, indirect attacks, data leakage, and malicious tool calls in agentic and MCP systems). The platform
  exposes native connectors for CI/CD, MLOps, SIEM/SOAR, API gateways, and major data and cloud platforms, plus guardrail
  integrations for OpenAI Agents, LangChain, AWS Strands, Microsoft Agent Framework, Azure APIM, and a GitHub Action for Model
  Scanner. HiddenLayer publishes Python, TypeScript, and Java/Kotlin SDKs and research-grade tooling such as HiddenPickle
  (Python pickle disassembler/patcher) and HiddenPromise (R .rdx/.rdb/.rds disassembler). The company has raised $56M total
  ($50M Series A in September 2023 led by M12 / Microsoft''s Venture Fund and Moore Strategic Ventures, with Booz Allen Ventures,
  IBM Ventures, Capital One Ventures, and Ten Eleven Ventures participating) and serves Fortune 500 enterprises, financial
  services, and US Federal agencies. The HiddenLayer SaaS console and REST API are gated behind enterprise sales and not publicly
  self-serve, placing this profile in Tier-3 (enterprise-gated) coverage.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Producing
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hidden-layer.png
tags:
- AI Security
- ML Security
- AISec
- AIDR
- AI Detection & Response
- AI Runtime Security
- Model Scanning
- AI Supply Chain
- AI Red Teaming
- Prompt Injection
- Jailbreak Detection
- AI Guardrails
- Agentic AI Security
- MCP Security
- Adversarial Machine Learning
- Generative AI Security
- Shadow AI
- AI Bill Of Materials
- Security
- Enterprise
tags_raw:
- AI Security
- ML Security
- AISec
- AIDR
- AI Detection And Response
- AI Runtime Security
- Model Scanning
- AI Supply Chain
- AI Red Teaming
- Prompt Injection
- Jailbreak Detection
- AI Guardrails
- Agentic AI Security
- MCP Security
- Adversarial Machine Learning
- Generative AI Security
- Shadow AI
- AI Bill Of Materials
- Security
- Enterprise
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hidden-layer/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hidden-layer-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com
- type: Platform
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/platform/
- type: AIDiscovery
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/ai-discovery/
- type: ModelScanner
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/model-scanner/
- type: AIAttackSimulation
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/automated-red-teaming/
- type: AIDR
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/aidr/
- type: Guardrails
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/ai-guardrails/
- type: AgenticProtection
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/agentic-ai-security/
- type: Solutions
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/solutions/
- type: Research
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/sai-research/
- type: Innovation
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/innovation-hub/
- type: Company
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/company/
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/company/newsroom/
- type: Blog
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/innovation-hub/
- type: Careers
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/company/careers/
- type: Contact
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/contact/
- type: BookDemo
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/demo/
- type: Partners
  url: https://hiddenlayer.com/partners/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai
- type: SDKPython
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hiddenlayer-sdk-python
- type: SDKTypeScript
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hiddenlayer-sdk-typescript
- type: SDKJava
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hiddenlayer-sdk-java
- type: ModelScanGitHubAction
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hiddenlayer-model-scan-github-action
- type: OpenAIGuardrails
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hiddenlayer-openai-guardrails
- type: LangChainGuardrails
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hiddenlayer-langchain-guardrails
- type: StrandsGuardrails
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hiddenlayer-strands-guardrails
- type: MicrosoftAgentGuardrails
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hiddenlayer-msft-agent-framework-guardrails
- type: AzureAPIMGuardrails
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hiddenlayer-azure-apim-guardrails
- type: HiddenPickle
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/HiddenPickle
- type: HiddenPromise
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/HiddenPromise
- type: DemoToolkit
  url: https://github.com/hiddenlayerai/hl-demo-toolkit-mini
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/HiddenLayerSec
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hiddenlayer
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenlayer
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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