Kiteworks acquires Israeli startup Bonfy.AI in deal estimated at tens of millions of dollars
Bonfy’s technology will be integrated into Kiteworks’ platform to classify and control sensitive data in real time, including information handled by AI agents.
Kiteworks has acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup Bonfy.AI in a deal estimated at tens of millions of dollars. The companies did not disclose the value of the transaction.
The acquisition brings technology designed to identify and control sensitive information in real time into Kiteworks’ broader enterprise data security platform.
Bonfy.AI’s technology classifies data at the moment it is exchanged and can apply security policies before a transfer is completed, including when the exchange involves an AI assistant or autonomous agent. Kiteworks is incorporating the technology into its Data Control Plane, extending its ability to govern sensitive information as it moves across an enterprise and beyond it.
The deal is aimed at closing a gap in enterprise security between knowing where sensitive information is stored and controlling what happens when that information leaves those systems. Companies have spent years building inventories of sensitive data sitting in databases, cloud repositories and other systems, but those inventories do not necessarily determine what should happen when the information is actually used or transferred.
That problem becomes more complicated as companies deploy AI systems that can access corporate information and act on behalf of employees.
An employee may be preparing to send an email containing a sensitive attachment. An AI assistant may be generating a response based on confidential corporate information. An autonomous agent may retrieve data from one system and transmit it to another. In each case, the security decision has to be made while the exchange is taking place.
Bonfy was founded in early 2024 by cybersecurity entrepreneurs Gidi Cohen and Danny Kibel around the idea that traditional data loss prevention tools were poorly equipped for this environment. The company emerged from stealth in June 2025 with $9.5 million in Seed funding led by TLV Partners, with participation from Haim Saban’s Saban Capital Group.
Cohen previously founded and led Skybox Security, whose technology was deployed across more than 500 Global 2000 companies before the company was acquired by private equity for $375 million in 2018. Kibel, Bonfy’s chief technology officer, previously led identity management company Idaptive as CEO and later headed global R&D at CyberArk following its acquisition.
Bonfy initially focused on regulated and security-conscious industries including healthcare, finance, insurance, law and media, where companies face pressure to adopt AI while protecting sensitive information and complying with regulatory requirements.
The acquisition now places that technology inside a much larger platform. Kiteworks says its products protect more than 100 million end users across thousands of enterprises and government agencies.
Unlike conventional DLP systems that primarily look for patterns associated with sensitive information, Bonfy built its platform around business logic and behavioral context. Its technology was designed to assess not only what information is being exchanged but the circumstances surrounding the exchange.
“Risk is created when data moves, not when it sits,” Cohen, Bonfy’s CEO and founder, said in announcing the acquisition. “Kiteworks gives that technology a control plane and a reach we could not have built on our own.”
