Corma Raised $60M From Sequoia to Build the Defensive AI that Cybersecurity Is Missing
The seed round will fund a foundation model and AI agents after Corma said leading AI models succeeded as attackers in 88% of simulations.
- Israeli-American cybersecurity startup Corma raised $60 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital, with Khosla Ventures and Coatue participating, to build a foundation model designed specifically for defensive cybersecurity.
- In simulations, AI attackers succeeded in 88% of cases, while CEO Alon Pluda said existing cybersecurity tools and general-purpose systems struggle to match the speed and sophistication of AI-enabled attacks.
- Already deployed at Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies across healthcare and energy, Corma's systems reduced threat response times by more than 94% and expanded security coverage by 15-fold.
- The team includes researchers from Google and DeepMind alongside cybersecurity specialists from Israel's Unit 8200, while Vinod Khosla warned that autonomous cyberattacks pose significant risks to critical infrastructure and national security.
- OpenAI recently paused work on its Astra model, citing potential "critical cybersecurity" capabilities, underscoring why Corma focuses on defensive foundations to secure enterprises against multi-stage threats general-purpose models cannot detect.
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Corma raised $60M from Sequoia to build the defensive AI that cybersecurity is missing
In hundreds of simulations modelled on Fortune 500 companies with dozens of security tools, Corma tested leading AI models including GPT and Claude. First, the models attacked the simulated organisations and planted persistent threats. Then the same models were asked to defend and find what they had planted. The attackers succeeded in 88% of simulations. […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Cybersecurity FinTech Corma lands $60m seed round
Corma, the cybersecurity FinTech-adjacent AI lab building defensive technology for large enterprises, has raised $60m in seed funding, with the round led by Sequoia Capital and joined by Khosla Ventures and Coatue. The company, which already counts Fortune 100 clients among its customers, is building what it describes as the first foundation model designed specifically for defensive cybersecurity. Corma’s leadership points to a widening gap betw…
Corma raises $60m to fix AI's cyber defence gap
Corma has raised $60m in seed funding, with the round led by Sequoia Capital and joined by Khosla Ventures and Coatue. The company, which already counts Fortune 100 clients among its customers, is building what it describes as the first foundation model designed specifically for defensive cybersecurity work. The raise comes as Corma highlights a widening gap between offensive and defensive capabilities in AI-driven cybersecurity. According to re…
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