# Aviatrix

> Aviatrix sells software that connects and secures enterprise cloud networks across providers and private data centers. Its Cloud Native Security Fabric combines shared policy, distributed enforcement, encryption and traffic visibility, with an increasing focus on limiting the reach of compromised workloads and AI agents.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Santa Clara, United States
- **Founders:** Sherry Wei (Founder and first Chief Technology Officer)
- **Products:** Cloud Native Security Fabric (CNSF), Distributed Cloud Firewall, Aviatrix Cloud Firewall, Secure High-Performance Datacenter Edge, CoPilot
- **Notable:** Raised a US$200 million Series E at a US$2 billion valuation in September 2021., Publicly lists more than 500 enterprise customers., Republic Airways case study reports mean time to repair falling from days to under one hour.

## Products & services

- **Cloud Native Security Fabric (CNSF)** — Common policy and visibility with distributed network security enforcement across hybrid and multicloud environments.
- **Distributed Cloud Firewall** — Inline segmentation and egress control using workload context and SmartGroups. Publicly announced in May 2023.
- **Aviatrix Cloud Firewall** — Cloud network firewall capabilities available in managed packages; the AWS Marketplace lists node-based annual contracts.
- **Secure High-Performance Datacenter Edge** — Encrypted connectivity between private data centers and public clouds; used in the Republic Airways deployment.
- **CoPilot** — Operational visibility and troubleshooting for Aviatrix cloud networks.
- **Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE)** — Multicloud networking and network security training and certification.
- **AgentGuard** — Network-based AI workload discovery and containment; announced in early access in April 2026. Advanced guardrails were advertised for Q3 2026, but shipping status is not established here.
- **Harvest and Decrypt Protection** — Announced September 2026; combines encryption with communication policy. ML-KEM key establishment is described as available on the control plane; hybrid ML-KEM on the data plane remains a roadmap item in the launch announcement.

## Achievements

- Raised a US$200 million Series E at a US$2 billion valuation in September 2021.
- Publicly lists more than 500 enterprise customers.
- Republic Airways case study reports mean time to repair falling from days to under one hour.
- IHG deployed Aviatrix transit networking across AWS and Google Cloud.
- Maintains public Terraform tooling and deployable multicloud lab blueprints.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Announced its Containment Era positioning, Zero Trust for AI Workloads, AgentGuard early access and a HiddenLayer partnership.
- **2026-06** — Joined the OISF consortium, describing Suricata as its embedded intrusion prevention engine.
- **2026-09** — Announced a Jefferies AI Summit appearance for Doug Merritt on September 22.
- **2026-09** — Launched Harvest and Decrypt Protection on September 22, with five free starter policies and data-plane hybrid ML-KEM identified as a roadmap release.

## Links

- Website: https://aviatrix.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aviatrix-systems/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/aviatrixsys
- GitHub: https://github.com/AviatrixSystems
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AviatrixSystems/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/AviatrixSystems/

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Last updated: 2026-10-16