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Employees are building undocumented AI agents that are being connected to…

2026-06-24 · 20:07 UTC ·@heyshrutimishra ·1 min read

Brief

Hey Shruti Mishra warns that employees are quietly building AI agents hooked into production systems, customer records, and internal tools, creating an immediate security and governance gap. Runlayer — announced with a $30M raise from Felicis and Khosla Ventures on 2026-06-24 — packages eight products (shadow AI detection, MCP gateway, runtime kill switch, etc.) as a unified platform to regain visibility, control, and safe enablement of company AI usage.

Why it matters

Employees are building undocumented AI agents that are being connected to production databases, customer records, and internal tools right now, creating unmonitored access and operational risk, according to @heyshrutimishra.

Key details

  • Runlayer announced a $30M raise from Felicis and Khosla Ventures (announced 2026-06-24 via Andy Berman @berman66) to offer a platform of eight products — including shadow AI detection, an MCP gateway, and a runtime kill switch — positioning itself as the 'golden path' for AI enablement, security, and control.
Source evidence

Your employees are building AI agents you don't know about.

They're connecting them to production databases, customer records, and internal tools. Right now.

Runlayer raised $30M because the gap between what employees are doing with AI and what companies can see is already a crisis.

Shadow AI detection, MCP gateway, runtime kill switch. Eight products in one platform.

This isn't about adopting AI anymore. It's about surviving the adoption you already lost control of.

Andy Berman (@berman66)

Today, we’re announcing Runlayer has raised $30M from Felicis and Khosla Ventures to help companies go all in on AI.

Runlayer is the golden path for AI: enablement, security, and control in one platform.

So, how does it give your team the right tools for AI? 🧵

Video

— https://nitter.net/berman66/status/2069787264654156194#m