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SHADOW AI · GOVERNED ON THE WILLOW PLATFORM

Find the shadow AI already running in your org.

Employees added agents, MCP servers, skills, and plugins faster than security could track. Willow finds every one, on any account, and puts a named owner and a policy behind each.

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THE PROBLEM

Shadow AI is spreading faster than you can govern it.

Your people are already using AI to do real work. You just can't see most of it. An unreviewed MCP server here. Three Chrome AI extensions there. Customer data in a personal ChatGPT account. A vibe-coded app quietly talking to your database.

No review. No name attached. Nothing in your SIEM. Most enterprises are already running AI agents, and many have already had an incident. The first one you hear about is the one that already happened.

What counts as shadow AI

It is not just ChatGPT tabs

The risk is everything that can take an action inside your systems. Willow covers all of it.

AI agents
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and custom agents acting inside your apps.
IDE agents
Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, and Windsurf, wired into your repos.
MCP servers
Connectors a single developer can stand up in minutes, reviewed by no one.
AI models
Which model is running, on corporate or personal accounts.
Skills & plugins
Packaged capabilities and third-party extensions that run with the user's full access.
Browser extensions
AI add-ons reading and acting on every authenticated tab.
Vibe-coded apps
Internal tools built by non-engineers that quietly call your data and APIs.
Personal accounts
Consumer AI used on work data, outside every corporate control.
Continuous discovery
Ongoing, not a one-time audit. When new AI shows up, you know.
See it

The real shadow AI is the skills and plugins.

Everyone watches the chat window. The real risk is the skills and plugins agents install off public marketplaces, running with full access, reviewed by no one. Here's how Willow governs them.

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HOW WILLOW HANDLES SHADOW AI

Discover. Govern. Enable.

1. Discover

Willow finds every agent, MCP server, skill, plugin, vibe-app and AI extension across the org, on corporate and personal accounts. Continuous, not a point-in-time scan.

2. Govern

Bind each one to a named employee. Scope what it can reach and do, per tool and per action. Guardrails at runtime, PII redaction, and human approval on the actions that matter.

3. Enable

Hand employees a self-serve marketplace of approved connectors, skills, and plugins. One-click governed connection. Shadow AI stops being a hunt and becomes a front door.

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The platform

Everything you need to see and govern shadow AI.

Full AI discovery

Every agent, model, MCP server, skill, plugin, vice-app and extension. Corporate and personal accounts.

Identity behind every action

A named human tied to every agent and every action it takes. No anonymous automation.

Govern per action

Read on one app, no writes on another, approval on the rest. Action-level, not domain-level.

PII and secret redaction

Sensitive data hidden before an agent ever reads or sends it.

Runtime guardrails

Policy enforced at the moment of action, not flagged after the fact.

Human approvals

Slack-native sign-off on critical actions, with full context.

Audit trail to your SIEM

Every action streamed to Splunk and Loki. A real forensic timeline.

Personal-account visibility

Catches consumer AI used on work data, where network blocks miss it.

Self-serve enablement

A governed marketplace so employees adopt approved AI in one click.

Inspection vs. governance

Inspection finds the problem. Willow fixes it.

Plenty of tools inspect prompts and flag PII. Willow does that, then governs.

Inspection-only tools
Catch bad prompts, flag risky output
Redact PII as it passes by
Surface shadow AI in a dashboard
Report what happened, after the fact
Willow
Does all of that, built in
Puts a named employee behind every action
Governs what each agent does, per tool and per action
Turns discovery into governed, company-wide adoption
Plenty of tools inspect. Willow governs. One platform, not three or four.
Trusted & in production

Governing shadow AI in production today

Willow runs in production at companies governing AI across the whole org, not in a pilot. Wix governs around 600 tools and MCPs with roughly 5,000 weekly active users behind Okta SSO, with shadow-AI protection and a full audit trail.

Innovid governs developer machines around exposure to MCP servers and external skills. Riskified runs Willow in production, CISO-led. SOC 2 Type II, ISO, GDPR-Ready.

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Why it matters

Shadow AI is already in your org

Most enterprises are already running AI agents, and many have already had an agent-related incident. The first one you hear about is usually the one that already happened. You don't need to ban it. You need to see it, then govern it. Willow turns shadow AI from a blind spot into governed, company-wide adoption.

FAQS

What is shadow AI?
Shadow AI is any AI tool, agent, model, MCP server, skill, plugin, or extension used inside an organization without security's review or approval. It includes both corporate and personal accounts.
How is shadow AI different from shadow IT?
Shadow IT was unsanctioned software. Shadow AI is unsanctioned software that can read your data and take actions inside your systems on its own. The blast radius is larger, and it moves faster.
Does Willow only detect shadow AI, or govern it too?
Both. Detection is step one. Willow then binds each agent to a named identity, scopes what it can do per tool and per action, enforces guardrails at runtime, and routes the audit trail to your SIEM.
How does Willow find AI on personal accounts?
Willow observes at the browser and endpoint layer, so it catches AI usage on corporate licenses and personal accounts alike, including the consumer tools that network blocks miss.
What about MCP servers, skills, and plugins?
Willow discovers unmanaged MCP servers, skills, and plugins across the org, then lets you approve, govern, or block each one, and offers employees a vetted marketplace to adopt the approved ones safely.
Does this replace my DLP or CASB?
No. Willow governs the AI action layer, what agents can do inside each tool. It complements DLP and CASB rather than replacing them.
Is Willow secure and compliant?
SOC 2 Type II, ISO, and GDPR-Ready. Deploy SaaS, dedicated cloud, or fully on-prem inside your VPC.
Who uses Willow for shadow AI?
Willow governs AI agents in production at Wix, Innovid, and Riskified, including discovery and governance of unmanaged MCP servers, skills, and agents across the org.

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