AI enablement, security, and control in one platform. The default for AI-native teams like Gusto, Lemonade, & Baseten.
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The best time to join a rocketship is before everyone knows about it.
I’m excited to launch The Next 50: the 50 hottest early-stage startups to keep an eye on (and try to join).
Using @harmonic_ai’s data, the juiciest startup dataset out there, we looked at every early-stage startup and ranked them on headcount growth, recent funding, and investor interest.
We then picked the top 50.
Here's the full list: lennysjobs.com/next50
We’ll update it quarterly, and I’d love your feedback on what other factors we should consider.
P.S. This is in addition to the Lenny 100, the top 100 well-known companies with the highest talent density, tackling the most ambitious problems: lennysjobs.com/lenny100
🚨 Last week some very famous AI agents did time behind bars. 🚨
We locked them in a truck when we rolled up to @aiDotEngineer NYC. Rogue agents are a lot less scary with identity, access control, and audit trails built in.
Don't worry, they're out on good behavior. 👀
Find us at the @AgenticAIFdn AGNTCon + MCPCon today to see how Runlayer keeps every agent in line so your team can focus on shipping.
Your employees generate millions of AI events every day. Legacy security tools see and understand almost none of it.
Runlayer Runtime Security delivers AI-ready defense in depth, so you can keep up with AI without giving up on securing it.
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"If a peer comes to ask me how to deal with the agentic risk that we're all seeing the first thing I'd tell him or her is to get Runlayer." - Jonathan Jaffe, CISO at Lemonade
We're proud to partner with @Lemonade_Inc to govern their agentic workloads.
Over the past 90 days, Runlayer has managed 300K MCP tool calls across Lemonade's 1700+ person workforce while executing 25M+ security checks.
"Runlayer has allowed Security to enable the business rather than be a source of friction."
Learn more → runlayer.com/blog/runlayer-a…
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Legacy security tools see a malicious skill when it runs.
Runlayer scans it the moment it lands on the endpoint.
Sessions & Shadow AI: proactive detection, full session telemetry, enterprise-scale deployment.
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Everyone is building an agent builder. Then they try to layer security on top. We did it the other way around.
Runlayer Agents are powerful, secure by design, and easy to use. Every agent ships with identity, access controls, and deterministic policies built in. You don't have to choose between usability and security.
We're proud to be named an AI Security Endpoint Leader in @latiotech's 2026 AI Security Market Report.
Demand for endpoint AI security is on the rise. Security teams need real controls over what agents can do, and Runlayer is delivering them. Learn how → runlayer.com/blog/runlayer-n….
Fal.Con 2026 was full of convos on the state of AI security. One thing leaders agreed on: AI is exposing the lack of security fundamentals at scale.
We rounded up the top takeaways from the week → runlayer.com/blog/3-lessons-…
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We're proud to partner with @SlackHQ on their latest Add to Slack feature. Each agent you build and use is governed by Runlayer, with agent identity, access control, and audit trails built-in.
Wrangling agents should be as easy as building them. With Runlayer and Slack, it is.
Learn more → runlayer.com/blog/runlayer-a…
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Link to 2026-07-28 spec → blog.modelcontextprotocol.io…
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Companies shouldn’t have to choose between reckless AI power use and AI as a glorified text editor.
Runlayer is the golden path: secure AI enablement, agents where teams work, identity-aware controls, observability, runtime security, cost optimization, and shadow AI visibility.
We are thrilled to announce that our very own Alexander Frazer has been appointed Chairperson of the Security & Privacy Working Group for the Agentic AI Foundation @AgenticAIFdn.
As the foundation governs pivotal protocols like MCP, AGENTS[.]md, and goose, Alex’s leadership comes at a critical inflection point.
The future of MCP depends entirely on robust security, and we couldn't think of a better person to lead this charge alongside industry leaders like Google, AWS, Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, and @Runlayer.
We're proud to help shape the future of Agentic AI.
Today, The @LinuxFoundation announces the Agentic Artificial Intelligence Foundation. Runlayer is proud to be a gold-level sponsor, alongside @AnthropicAI, @Amazon, @Google, and @Microsoft.
Three leading projects will receive contributions to the foundation: Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP), Block's goose, and OpenAI's AGENTS[.]md.
This is the biggest moment for MCP since its inception, and the clearest signal it is becoming long-term, production infrastructure.
AAIF is a neutral agency; it’s not biased towards any foundational model (e.g. Claude or GPT) or commercial AI application. We believe that they are the perfect stewards to protect community interests long-term.
GraphQL, .NET, and Kubernetes all followed a similar path, and their ecosystems have flourished.
Of course, credit is due to the exceptional creators of these protocols.
We’ve seen first-hand the benefits of MCP, goose, and AGENTS[.]md, and we look forward to the projects co-existing under a single roof. We believe this will drive adoption of all three protocols to industry standard.
At @Runlayer, we’re focused on enabling enterprises to adopt MCP across every industry.
MCP is the layer that lets AI interact with databases, tickets, codebases, cloud infrastructure, and internal services. The foundation ensures this protocol stays open, vendor-neutral, and shaped by the teams building with it at scale.
Runlayer was built specifically for this moment.
Our entire platform exists to make MCP work in the enterprise with identity, access control, auditability, and real security from day one. Supporting the foundation is a natural extension of that mission.
We’re excited to contribute alongside the broader community and support MCP in becoming the simpler, safer standard for agentic AI in production.
Read more at the link below.
