Opsin Secures $21M in Funding Led by SYN Ventures

Why the Funding Matters

Opsin will use the funding to expand its platform development efforts. The company aims to help businesses monitor AI agents, identify security risks, and prevent agents from taking actions beyond their intended purpose.

Who founded Opsin?

Opsin was founded in 2024 by James Pham, Oz Wasserman, and Jeremy Mailen. The company is based in San Jose, California.

"We've already seen what can happen when AI agents go off course, and the stakes will only get higher as they become a bigger part of how enterprises operate," said James Pham, co-founder and CEO of Opsin Security. "We're moving toward a world where employees supervise teams of agents that work across an enterprise's data, knowledge, and systems, with increasing authority to act on their behalf.

"AI agents are gaining access and authority to act on critical systems, creating a security problem enterprises haven't faced before," said Alfred Chuang, General Partner at Race Capital. "James and Oz bring firsthand experience from Abnormal Security, and together with Jeremy have assembled a team with deep expertise in detecting complex threats.

Market and Business Growth

Opsin serves nearly 20 enterprise customers, including Culligan, Barry-Wehmiller, Wellstar Health System, and UiPath.

Its customers operate across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and other regulated industries.

The company also found that 93% of misaligned tools connected to AI agents in its analysis had full, unrestricted access to their connected systems—only one in 200 required human approval before taking action.