SCYTHE, a leader in Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) and continuous security control testing, has announced a strategic partnership with Starseer, a pioneer in AI Runtime Assurance and Detection Engineering, to help enterprises defend against AI-driven and agentic cyber threats. The collaboration brings together SCYTHE’s advanced adversary emulation capabilities with Starseer’s deep visibility into AI model behavior, creating the industry’s first commercial solution designed to test and secure organizations against AI-native attacks. AI is rapidly evolving into a critical attack surface, often outpacing traditional security defenses. “AI is becoming an attack surface faster than most security programs can adapt,” said Tim Schulz, CEO and co-founder of Starseer. “By combining SCYTHE’s ability to safely emulate real-world adversary behavior with Starseer’s granular control over AI decision-making processes, we’re giving defenders a reliable, safe way to test their resilience against AI-powered threats.” The partnership introduces a joint solution focused on Shadow AI Readiness Assessments, addressing a growing blind spot in enterprise security: unauthorized AI models and inference tools already deployed across networks that can be hijacked by attackers to establish autonomous, agent-based footholds—without deploying new malware or tools. The solution evaluates organizational preparedness across three key areas: detection of unauthorized AI models, validation of controls against AI-enabled attack paths, and the ability to respond to AI-driven intrusions. This initiative responds to real-world threats, including campaigns like the “LameHug” malware family, which demonstrated how large language models can be weaponized for cyber operations. “Enterprises know how to test endpoints, networks, and cloud environments, but very few know how to test AI as an attack surface,” said Bryson Bort, CEO and founder of SCYTHE. “This partnership enables security teams to safely simulate AI-native attack paths, verify that their controls actually work, and generate defensible evidence that they can detect and respond to adversarial AI agents.” The collaboration extends Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) into the AI domain, integrating AI assurance directly into red, blue, and purple team workflows. Together, SCYTHE and Starseer empower organizations to: continuously validate AI security controls, detect and analyze rogue AI models in real time, and build a proactive defense posture for autonomous agents, edge AI, and internal model ecosystems. The joint platform marks a shift from reactive to AI-validated security, helping enterprises move from unmanaged AI risks to a state of measurable, auditable AI resilience—essential as organizations scale AI adoption across business operations. SCYTHE, headquartered in Miami, FL, is transforming cybersecurity through AI-powered threat emulation and automated validation across IT, cloud, and OT environments. The company is privately funded by leading investors committed to advancing proactive security. Starseer, based in Dover, DE, specializes in AI Runtime Assurance and Detection Engineering, offering security teams the tools to inspect, monitor, and secure AI systems in production. Backed by Gula Tech Adventures, Starseer integrates with existing security workflows to extend threat exposure management into the AI layer.