Lakera vs Wiz: AI Security Comparison

Lakera is an AI-native security company founded in 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland by Mateo Rojas Carulla, Matthias Kraft, and David Haber. The company provides real-time GenAI security solutions that protect enterprises from LLM vulnerabilities including prompt injection, data leakage, and jailbreaking attacks. Lakera's platform includes Lakera Guard for real-time protection of AI applications and Lakera Red for AI-powered red teaming and security testing. The Zurich-based team comprises individuals from over 15 nationalities and officially launched in October 2023 with million in funding. Following a M Series A round in July 2024 led by Atomico, with participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox, and Redalpine, Lakera was acquired by Check Point Software Technologies. The company gained visibility through Gandalf, a popular prompt injection challenge that demonstrated LLM security vulnerabilities. Lakera offers a free Community plan for developers and custom Enterprise pricing for production applications.

Wiz is the dominant cloud security platform and the leader in AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM). Founded in January 2020 by Assaf Rappaport, Yinon Costica, Roy Reznik, and Ami Luttwak, Wiz automatically discovers and maps shadow AI pipelines, model deployments, and training data across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

The platform uses agentless API-based scanning for rapid deployment, with its Security Graph providing prioritization of critical risks across multi-cloud environments. Wiz identifies misconfigurations, exposed models, and sensitive training data risks across the entire AI supply chain.

Headquartered in New York City with engineering centered in Tel Aviv, Wiz has grown to over 3,200 employees. The company raised $1.9B in total funding and is being acquired by Google for $32 billion in an all-cash transaction expected to close by March 2026.