Arcade.dev has raised $60 million in Series A funding as investors bet that security will become a critical layer in the fast-growing market for AI agents.

The startup, which focuses on helping companies manage and protect autonomous software agents, said the fresh capital will support its work on security infrastructure for systems that can take actions on behalf of users and businesses. The funding round signals growing interest in the tools needed to make agentic AI safe enough for broader adoption.

AI agents have become one of the most closely watched areas in artificial intelligence. Unlike chatbots that mainly respond to prompts, these systems are designed to carry out tasks, interact with software and make decisions with limited human oversight. That capability also introduces new risks, including unauthorized actions, data exposure and misuse of connected systems.

Arcade.dev is targeting those concerns by building products aimed at controlling how agents operate and by providing guardrails for enterprises that want to deploy them. As more companies experiment with AI agents in workflows ranging from customer support to software development, demand has grown for technology that can verify identity, limit permissions and monitor activity.

The company’s Series A round was led by investors who see agent security as an essential part of the AI infrastructure stack. The size of the deal suggests that backers believe the market for protecting agents could expand rapidly as businesses move beyond early pilots and into production use.

The funding also reflects a broader shift in venture capital, where security-focused startups tied to AI have attracted more attention as enterprises look for ways to adopt the technology without increasing operational risk. While much of the attention in AI has centered on model development and consumer applications, the companies building around safety, governance and control are starting to draw more capital.

Arcade.dev is entering a crowded and evolving field, but its focus on agent-specific security places it in a niche that may become increasingly important as autonomous systems gain more capabilities. Analysts and industry observers have warned that the more power these systems receive, the more important it becomes to define what they can access, what actions they can take and how their behavior is audited.

The company did not disclose additional operational details in the source material beyond the size of the round and its security focus. Still, the financing underscores investor confidence that AI agents will be a meaningful enterprise technology trend and that securing them will be a category of its own.

For now, Arcade.dev joins a growing list of startups positioning themselves around the infrastructure needed to support the next phase of AI deployment. If agent adoption continues to accelerate, security products like those being developed by Arcade.dev could become a standard requirement for companies putting autonomous systems to work.