Aliro announced that it has raised $15 million in an oversubscribed funding round aimed at advancing what it describes as the next major paradigm shift in cybersecurity: moving digital trust from mathematical assumptions to the laws of physics. The round was led by Gutbrain Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Cisco Investments, as well as new investors Argon Ventures and Wonderstone Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Murata. The capital will support expanded deployments, ecosystem partnerships, and the company’s broader mission to redefine global security infrastructure.
Aliro positions its platform as a replacement for traditional encryption models that rely on computational difficulty to deter attackers. For decades, digital trust has been built on encryption derived from computational hurdles, assuming adversaries are constrained by time and resources. According to the company, that assumption is increasingly fragile in the face of advancing computing capabilities.
Aliro instead promotes what it calls physics-based truth enforcement, where security is grounded in physical principles. The company says location cannot be spoofed, keys cannot be stolen in transit, and eavesdropping attempts are immediately and visibly detected. Its platform operates on existing optical networks, transforming routers and switches into transport infrastructure while shifting trust to a software-driven, physics-enforced layer.
The company estimates the total addressable market for its approach at approximately $60 billion and growing, as enterprises, banks, defense organizations, telecommunications providers and cloud platforms evaluate next-generation security models.
Aliro recently announced support for more than 50 entanglement and classical network devices within its vendor-agnostic software stack, enabling organizations to deploy high-assurance networks using existing fiber infrastructure. In addition to its runtime platform, the company offers a physics-accurate entanglement network simulator, described as a digital twin that enables customers to evaluate network value before long-term commitments.
The funding comes as quantum networking and post-quantum security continue to gain attention as potential disruptors of legacy encryption frameworks, positioning Aliro at the intersection of classical and quantum-era infrastructure.
KEY QUOTES
“This isn’t about stronger encryption. It’s about changing what trust means. Aliro is transforming digital trust from a mathematical probability into a physical certainty.”
Jim Ricotta, CEO of Aliro
“Aliro enables a fundamental upgrade to the world’s core security and connectivity architecture. Our ability to deliver deterministic security to classical networks today while preparing for the quantum tomorrow makes this one of the most exciting infrastructure opportunities in tech.”
Bob Davoli, Chairman of Aliro and Founder of Gutbrain Ventures
“We look for visionary teams and disruptive technologies that solve immediate, tangible business problems. As an engineer and former CTO, I see Aliro solving a most fundamental challenge: enabling irrefutably secure network infrastructure, built on a foundation that is immune to future computational threats.”
Bob Mason, Managing Partner at Argon Ventures
