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$3.6 Billion in Crunchbase funding, $96 Billion in M&A, and 10 Agentic AI security startups Reshaping 2026

Palo Alto Networks spent roughly $29 billion acquiring three companies in 12 months. ServiceNow spent $11.6 billion on three more. Alphabet paid $32 billion for Wiz. That is $72 billion in cybersecurity M&A from three acquirers. The startups building agentic AI defenses raised a combined $3.6 billion. Total disclosed MCP security funding for the protocol connecting AI agents to enterprise systems: $40 million. Then RSAC 2026 happened. Six compan…
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A Passion for Research broke the news in on Sunday, March 29, 2026.
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