Funding to venture-backed cybersecurity startups has trended up so far this year, and Thursday saw another sign of that.
locked up a $75 million Series A funding led by , 1泭硃紳餃 .
The San Jose, California-based startup is helping bring artificial intelligence agents to security operations centers, or SOC. The idea is, with the help of data, to significantly reduce human-led SOC work while improving security outcomes.
���Our vision is to empower SOC teams with an intelligent platform that allows humans to collaborate seamlessly with AI agents���integrating precise human oversight with advanced automation,��� said co-founder and CEO Ankur Singla in a . ���By harnessing Exabots alongside advanced data exploration, we reduce false positives and eliminate tedious busywork���all while giving humans the flexibility to choose where they want to be hands-on.���
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Just last week, , a managing director at who participated in the round told 蹤獲弝け News one significant trend driving interest in this space is AI, and more specifically, agentic AI.
���It has the potential to make cybersecurity professionals more effective, streamline operations and reduce the time to resolution of critical hacks within enterprise security operations centers,��� he said. ���Automation is emerging as a critical solution in these environments.���
Funding in general to VC-backed cyber startups topped $2.7 billion in Q1, per 蹤獲弝け . That���s a 29% increase from the last quarter of 2024, and just a slight dip from the $2.8 billion raised in the same quarter last year.
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