Lightbeam

Lightbeam is a San Jose-based data security and privacy company that converges DSPM, privacy operations, and AI governance into one identity-centric platform. Founded in 2020 by ex-Nutanix engineers, it uses AI to discover, classify, and map sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, and on-prem environments, tying each data fragment back to the human it belongs to. Customers in banking, healthcare, insurance, and tech use Lightbeam to automate compliance with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and PCI while cutting data risk and controlling AI exposure through tools like Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Google Gemini.