HiddenLayer, a leading provider of security solutions for artificial intelligence, announced the appointment of Chelsea Strong as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) on July 17, 2025, in Austin, Texas. With over 25 years of experience in enterprise sales and business development, Strong will lead HiddenLayer’s global sales strategy, customer success, and go-to-market execution to meet the rising demand for AI/ML security solutions. This strategic hire reinforces HiddenLayer’s commitment to scaling its leadership team and protecting critical machine learning assets across industries.
Chelsea Strong appointed CRO at HiddenLayer on July 17, 2025.
Brings 25+ years of experience from HUMAN Security, CrowdStrike, and FireEye.
Will lead global sales, customer success, and go-to-market strategies.
HiddenLayer’s AISec Platform secures AI models without adding complexity.
Backed by M12, Moore Strategic Ventures, and Capital One Ventures.
Addresses growing threats like inference, bypass, and model theft.
HiddenLayer’s appointment of Chelsea Strong as CRO, announced on July 17, 2025, aligns with the company’s mission to safeguard enterprise AI amid surging adoption. Strong’s role will focus on scaling revenue operations and enhancing customer success as organizations face increasing risks like inference attacks, model theft, and data breaches. “Chelsea brings a rare combination of startup precision and enterprise scale,” said Chris Sestito, CEO and Co-Founder of HiddenLayer. Her extensive experience at cybersecurity leaders like HUMAN Security, Blue Lava, and Obsidian Security, coupled with early roles at CrowdStrike and FireEye, positions her to drive HiddenLayer’s global expansion.
Strong’s career includes pivotal contributions to go-to-market strategies at high-growth cybersecurity firms. At CrowdStrike and FireEye, she helped establish robust sales frameworks ahead of their successful IPOs. Her expertise in building teams and shaping emerging markets will support HiddenLayer’s efforts to address AI-specific threats, as highlighted in its 2025 AI Threat Landscape Report, which notes that 40% of organizations have faced AI-related security incidents. “As organizations across every sector rapidly deploy AI, they need partners who understand both the innovation and the risk,” Strong said, emphasizing HiddenLayer’s unique position in the market.
Founded in 2022 by security and ML experts, HiddenLayer offers the AISec Platform, a turnkey solution that protects AI models without requiring access to raw data or algorithms. Backed by investors like M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), Moore Strategic Ventures, and Capital One Ventures, the company has raised $50M in Series A funding to advance its platform. Recent partnerships, such as with Cyera, and the release of AISec Platform 2.0, underscore HiddenLayer’s leadership in AI security. Its Gartner recognition as a Cool Vendor for AI Security further validates its innovative approach.
The appointment comes as AI adoption accelerates, with Gartner reporting that two in five organizations have experienced AI privacy or security incidents. HiddenLayer’s solutions, available on cloud marketplaces like AWS and Microsoft Azure, address these challenges by offering real-time protection against prompt injection, PII leakage, and model theft. Strong’s leadership will bolster HiddenLayer’s ability to meet demand across industries like finance, healthcare, and technology, as evidenced by its selection by AFWERX for defense applications.
Chelsea Strong’s appointment as CRO positions HiddenLayer to capitalize on the growing need for AI security solutions. With a proven track record and a customer-centric approach, Strong will drive global growth, ensuring enterprises can deploy AI confidently. HiddenLayer’s innovative platform and strategic partnerships continue to set the standard for securing machine learning assets in a rapidly evolving threat landscape.
HiddenLayer, a Gartner-recognized Cool Vendor for AI Security, is the leading provider of Security for AI. Its security platform helps enterprises safeguard the machine learning models behind their most important products. HiddenLayer is the only company to offer turnkey security for AI that does not add unnecessary complexity to models and does not require access to raw data and algorithms. Founded by a team with deep roots in security and ML, HiddenLayer aims to protect enterprise AI from inference, bypass, extraction attacks, and model theft. The company is backed by a group of strategic investors, including M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, Moore Strategic Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, IBM Ventures, and Capital One Ventures.
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