Shadow AI
Shadow AI: See It, Then Control It
Shadow AI is the AI your team already uses without approval or oversight, on personal accounts, in the browser, inside their IDE. You cannot secure what you cannot see. StileAI turns shadow AI into governed AI: one console for every request, and policy enforced on what leaves.
Why shadow AI is different from shadow IT
Old shadow IT leaked data slowly, through an unsanctioned app someone signed up for. Shadow AI leaks it instantly, in the text of a single prompt, and it often goes to a model that may train on it. The surface is every employee with a browser, and the exit is a chat box your security tools do not watch.
Step one: visibility
StileAI's monitor mode records what your team sends to AI, and what would have been allowed, held, or blocked, without stopping anything. In the first two weeks most teams find secrets, customer data, and source code going out daily. Now you have the evidence instead of a hunch.
Step two: control
Switch to enforce and your policy is applied on every request, on every covered tool, with every decision logged.
- ▸Set rules per category: block secrets, hold customer data for approval, allow general use.
- ▸Cover browser AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) and dev tools (Cursor, Claude Code) from one place.
- ▸Give each employee their own key so you can see who sent what.
Frequently asked questions
What is shadow AI?
Shadow AI is unapproved or unmonitored use of AI tools across a company, typically employees pasting company data into ChatGPT, Claude, or coding assistants without oversight.
How do I detect shadow AI?
Put a checkpoint in the path to AI tools and run it in monitor mode. StileAI logs every AI request and what would have happened to it, so you can see the real scope before enforcing anything.
How do I control shadow AI without banning AI?
Enforce policy at the point of use instead of blocking the tools. StileAI allows safe prompts, holds sensitive ones for approval, and blocks against-policy content, so people keep their AI and the data stays in.
Bring shadow AI into the light
Start in monitor mode, see exactly what your team sends to AI, then enforce your policy with one switch.
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