Bonfy. AI is an AI data security company whose platform classifies and enforces policies on sensitive data in real time across email, file sharing and AI systems. Kiteworks, backed by Insight Partners and Sixth Street, has acquired Bonfy.

AI, a Silicon Valley-based AI data security company, for undisclosed terms. The acquisition extends runtime data governance in the Kiteworks control plane across the enterprise, turning every exchange into a governed decision made at the moment it happens, whether the actor is a person, a machine or an autonomous agent. Bonfy.

AI evaluates data with the context around it, including the sender, the recipient, the counterparty relationship, the channel and the business purpose of the exchange, then applies policy before the send completes. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Kiteworks provides a secure data exchange platform that unifies, tracks, controls and secures sensitive data moving within, into and out of organizations, protecting over 100 million end-users and thousands of global enterprises and government agencies. The Bonfy.

AI acquisition is Kiteworks’ eighth in under five years, each expanding its data security and compliance platform. Editor’s note: This news brief was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence.