Lyrie.ai Exits Stealth with $2M Funding and Trust Protocol

Dubai-based OTT Cybersecurity LLC announced Tuesday the completion of a $2 million pre-seed funding round for its autonomous cybersecurity platform Lyrie.ai, marking the company's exit from stealth mode. The announcement, dated May 11, 2026, also included the public release of the Agent Trust Protocol, an open cryptographic standard for verifying AI agents, and acceptance into Anthropic's Cyber Verification Program.

The funding will support expansion of Lyrie.ai's security research team, platform infrastructure scaling, submission of the Agent Trust Protocol to the Internet Engineering Task Force, and development of enterprise and government partnerships. Company leaders indicated plans for a Series A round to accelerate deployments in those markets.

Lyrie.ai addresses a gap in securing autonomous AI agents, which enterprises and governments are deploying rapidly to handle tasks such as reading email, writing code, executing transactions, and signing contracts. These agents often operate with broad access but lack verified identities or oversight. "The agentic AI economy is being built right now, and it is being built without a security foundation," said Guy Sheetrit, CEO and...