Teleskope is a technology company.
Teleskope has raised $27.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Teleskope has raised $27.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Teleskope is a New York City-based technology company founded in 2022 that builds an AI-powered data security platform, redefining protection for the AI era by combining precise visibility, automated discovery, classification, and remediation of sensitive data across clouds, codebases, and vendors.[1][3][5] It serves enterprise and high-growth organizations like Ramp, LegalZoom, Alloy, GoFundMe, and The Atlantic, solving the problem of data sprawl—where exponentially growing data across hundreds of tools creates security, privacy, and compliance risks—while enabling secure AI adoption through proactive management and cost savings on storage.[3][4][5] The platform automates detection of over 150 entities (e.g., PII, PHI, PCI), risk monitoring, and fixes at the source, achieving 99.3% accuracy and processing 40,000 bytes/second per GPU node, with strong growth including dozens of customers and 22 pilots as of recent reports.[4][5]
Backed by venture firms M13, Primary Venture Partners, and Lerer Hippeau, Teleskope demonstrates robust momentum through organic early validation, exponential growth, and rapid ROI for clients, such as immediate storage cost savings.[3][4]
Teleskope was founded in 2022 by Lizzy, a former security engineer at Airbnb, who faced the challenge of cataloging and classifying hundreds of petabytes of data across dozens of platforms using inadequate existing tools.[1][3] Lacking sufficient accuracy, flexibility, and performance in available products, she built an in-house suite of data security tools, which revealed a broader market opportunity in the growing data security space.[1] Recognizing the need for a modern, developer-friendly platform, Lizzy launched Teleskope to provide precise visibility and automated remediation, helping organizations manage data sprawl securely amid AI expansion.[1][5]
The company operates from a hybrid NYC office with a diverse team of ~30 engineers, data scientists, designers, and operators, emphasizing close collaboration (on-site Tuesdays-Thursdays).[1][3]
(Note: A separate entity at teleskope.io focuses on employee experience software for ERGs and mentoring, but Teleskope.ai is the data security firm matching the query's tech context.[2])
Teleskope rides the explosive trend of AI-driven data proliferation, where organizations grapple with sprawling data across tools, pipelines, and teams amid rising regulatory pressures (e.g., GDPR, CRPA) and AI adoption needs.[4][5] Its timing is ideal: founded post-2022 AI boom, it addresses the shift from reactive security to proactive, automated protection, enabling secure data use for AI without halting innovation.[1][3][4] Market forces like complex compliance, storage costs, and developer velocity favor it, as validated by enterprise adoption and VC backing from firms like M13.[3][4] By automating remediation, Teleskope influences the ecosystem, empowering security teams to scale, reducing breach risks, and positioning data security as a business enabler rather than a bottleneck.[4][5]
Teleskope is poised for continued hypergrowth, expanding from dozens of customers to broader enterprise dominance as AI data volumes surge and regulations tighten, with pilots signaling pipeline strength.[4] Trends like agentic AI, multi-cloud sprawl, and zero-trust compliance will amplify its edge, potentially through deeper integrations and global scaling.[5] Its influence may evolve from niche innovator to category leader, much like how it transformed Airbnb's internal challenges into a market-defining platform—unlocking AI's power securely at scale.[1][3]
Teleskope has raised $27.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Teleskope's investors include Lerer Hippeau, M13.
Teleskope has raised $27.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $25.0M Series A in November 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2025 | $25.0M Series A | Lerer Hippeau, M13 | |
| Jul 1, 2023 | $2.0M Seed | Lerer Hippeau, M13 |