Protect Data. Unleash AI.
Businesses face growing risks – privacy breaches, data leaks, and compliance violations – as AI moves into production. Protecto secures data so AI can deliver value.
- Trusted by Engineering Teams Building AI at Scale
Our purpose
Brakes let you drive faster. Strong protections let you innovate faster.
With the right data, scientists could cure diseases faster, engineers could reduce carbon footprint, or teachers could shape future generations better. However, data becomes available only if we protect data and users’ privacy. Protecting privacy and security has become a generational issue with far-reaching implications.
Our purpose is to safeguard data security and privacy while unleashing the power of AI to drive global progress.
OUR DNA
Engineering First
We take an engineering-first approach to privacy and data security, building deterministic, precision controls (not heuristics) that preserve model accuracy, work in real enterprise environments, and are policy-driven and fully auditable.
Engineering is a mindset, not a degree. It's the courage to tackle challenging problems and the excitement of solving them elegantly and practically.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Leading the AI Data Protection Revolution
LEADERSHIP TEAM
A global team of seasoned data, AI, and privacy engineers dedicated to solving enterprise data protection challenges with innovative, trust-building solutions.
Amar Kanagaraj
Founder & CEO
Amar is a second-time entrepreneur. As the CMO, he scaled his previous startup. He started his career as a developer at Sun Microsystems and then led product management for Microsoft Search & AI. He has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon and MS in Computer Science from LSU.
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Baskaran Alagarsamy
Co-founder & CTO
Baskaran is an expert in data engineering, having spent over 18 years at Apple where he also led their privacy engineering efforts and petabyte-scale data problems. He has a bachelor's degree from the College of Engineering in Guindy, India.
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MENTORS & ADVISORS
Our advisory board comprises seasoned professionals from leading tech companies, privacy organizations, and AI research institutions. These strategic advisors guide our product roadmap and ensure we maintain industry-leading security standards.
Girish Mathrubootham
Founding partner @Together.Fund, Founder & Executive Chairman - Freshworks
Lakshmi Shankar
General Partner @Together.Fund, ex-VP at Google Search & Gemini AI
BACKED BY LEADING INVESTORS
Protecto is backed by leading venture capital firms and strategic investors who understand the critical importance of AI security and data privacy. Our funding enables us to push the boundaries of what’s possible in privacy-preserving AI.
” Car safety innovations like brakes sparked the automotive revolution. Similarly, solving data security and privacy would ignite the AI revolution. We’re thrilled to be working on such a groundbreaking challenge. “
Amar Kanagaraj
Founder & CEO
Built for Enterprise Compliance
Regulatory confidence from day one.
HIPAA
GDPR
CCPA
DPDP
PDPL
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Ship AI Agents Faster Without Compromising Privacy
Protecto gives you full control over the data layer that powers GenAI - without breaking performance or accuracy.
- SOC2 Certified
- HIPAA Compliant
- GDPR Ready
- ISO 27001