I’ve spent the last 20 years with category-defining companies in data and security, from FireEye and Ruckus to Cohesity and Shape, and I’ve seen firsthand how each wave of innovation reshapes the stakes. Traditional governance, compliance, and security solutions were never designed for the way AI and agentic applications touch the enterprise data estate. Theom is the first platform I’ve seen that delivers detailed and nuanced access policy and usage-based control over the enterprise data estate, necessary for businesses to use their proprietary and internal data in AI applications. Navindra is building the right solution for this new reality.

At SentinelOne’s S Ventures, we invest in bold ideas that redefine what’s possible in cybersecurity, data and AI – startups that will create fundamentally new categories or upend entire market segments. We believe Theom is poised to create a fundamentally new category in data - Theom isn’t just improving data security—it’s reimagining it. With a fundamentally new approach to governance, control, and intelligence, Theom is building the foundation for how enterprises will secure data in the age of AI.

At Databricks, we are committed to making it easier for our customers to put trustworthy data and AI into production. Theom helps enterprises do just that. Its AI-native Data Operations Center extends the governance foundation of Unity Catalog across multicloud, SaaS, and generative-AI workloads, giving our joint customers end-to-end visibility and control. Their success in demanding, regulated enterprises proves the platform can scale today, and we’re excited to deepen our partnership as more organizations build on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

Snowflake Ventures’ investment in Theom reflects our strong belief in the critical need for intelligent, automated data security governance. Theom’s impressive traction in the financial sector – an industry with some of the most stringent security requirements – validates its technology and approach. We see Theom as a key Snowflake partner transforming how organizations protect and govern their data assets, particularly as data environments become increasingly complex.

During my two decades as an IT and Security leader, I watched data explode across clouds, SaaS apps and now Gen AI pipelines, yet the tools meant to protect it stayed locked in an infrastructure‑centric world. Theom flips that paradigm by making data—not the perimeter—the control point and giving security and data teams one AI‑powered console to see who touched what data, why, and what happens next. That is the platform I looked for as an operator and the reason Ridge Ventures is thrilled to back Theom’s mission to keep enterprises compliant and fearless in the AI era.