About Overlay

Our Mission

Overlay exists to make AI coding agents safe to deploy at scale. We believe AI-assisted development will become the default way software is built — and that security cannot be an afterthought.

The Problem

AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI are transforming how developers work. These agents can read files, execute commands, make network requests, and modify your entire codebase. They are powerful — and largely unmonitored.

Without visibility into what agents are doing, teams face risks: accidental credential exposure, unauthorized network connections, destructive commands, and prompt injection attacks that turn agents against the systems they're meant to help build.

What Overlay Does

Overlay sits between your AI coding agents and your infrastructure, providing real-time monitoring and control. We track file system access, network connections, and shell commands. We detect secrets, block malicious behavior, and give security teams complete visibility into agent activity.

Our AI Security Engineer continuously analyzes patterns across your agents, correlates events into actionable insights, and recommends policy changes — so your team can move fast without compromising security.

Why We Built This

We saw the same pattern repeat: engineering teams adopting AI agents rapidly, security teams scrambling to understand the risk, and no tools designed specifically for this problem. Existing security tooling wasn't built for a world where autonomous agents operate inside your development environment.

Overlay was built from the ground up for this new reality — purpose-built security infrastructure for AI-assisted development.

Based in Canada

Overlay is a Canadian company. We leverage Cloudflare's global edge network for performance and WorkOS for enterprise authentication, with a commitment to transparent data handling and privacy-first practices.