New browser-based detection extends shadow AI agent visibility beyond API limitations and eliminates the biggest blind spot in agent AI security.
Austin, Texas, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Nudge Security today announced that it is the first and only AI security platform to offer shadow AI agent detection via the browser, expanding its agent detection capabilities to cover platforms that do not provide robust public APIs for agent identity and inventory. The new browser-based agent AI discovery fills a fundamental gap where other solutions rely solely on platform APIs that many agent building tools do not yet provide. The new browser-based detection detects AI agents built into Airbyte, Atlassian Rovo, ChatGPT Workspace Agents, Cursor Automations, HyperAgent Agents, OpenAI Workflows, Retool Agents, Zapier Agents, and Zoom Workflows, with more coming.
Nudge Security is the first and only AI security platform to offer shadow AI agent detection via the browser.
AI agents are rapidly becoming a new layer of business logic within organizations. They have persistent permissions, can connect to corporate applications and data, and can perform tasks autonomously. However, the platforms on which employees are building many of these agents often lack robust public APIs to make these agents visible to security teams. As a result, many organizations have increased blind spots. The most important agents can be the most difficult to manage, attribute, and manage inventory.
Said Jaime Blasco, CTO of Nudge Security: “API-only detection imposes a hard ceiling on AI agent visibility.” “Most of the platforms on which shadow AI agents are actually built are rapidly evolving, and public agent APIs are not taken for granted. We built browser-based detection so security teams can now see what agents their employees are currently creating and using without having to wait for a platform roadmap.”
Nudge Security’s browser-based detection works through the Nudge Security browser extension, which many customers have already deployed for AI governance and identity security. When an employee views, lists, or creates an AI agent on a supported platform, the extension passively monitors the relevant agent context and automatically adds the agent to your organization’s AI agent inventory. Each detected agent is mapped to its human creator, providing critical governance and risk insights that help teams prioritize review and response.
This browser-based channel complements Nudge Security’s existing API-based AI agent detection, providing two detection channels that provide scope beyond what API-only tools can match.
Nudge Security’s AI agent detection capabilities are designed to support emerging agent AI governance programs by enabling organizations to build an auditable inventory of agents, understand who created them, and identify risks such as publicly accessible agents, hard-coded credentials, unauthenticated connections, or agents connected to high-risk applications.
Enhanced browser-based AI agent detection capabilities are now available as part of Nudge Security’s AI agent detection research preview. Customers can enable this by toggling browser-based agent detection on in their browser extension settings. Prospective customers can request access as part of a free trial of Nudge Security.
About Nudge Security
Nudge Security transforms AI and SaaS security governance on the Workforce Edge, where employees make thousands of technology decisions every day. Our automated, policy-driven guardrails reach employees when and where they work, enabling rapid technology adoption while minimizing risk and sprawl. Through unparalleled detection capabilities, AI-driven risk insights, and behavioral science-based initiatives, we are making security not an obstacle to innovation, but a natural part of how we do business today. Nudge Security was founded in 2021 by Russell Spitler and Jaime Blasco and is backed by Cerberus Ventures, Ballistic Ventures, Forgepoint Capital, and Squadra Ventures.
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