Corma, the First Frontier Defensive Cybersecurity AI Lab, Raises $60M as AI Supercharges Attackers
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Corma, described as the first frontier AI lab focused on defensive cybersecurity, announced $60 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Khosla Ventures and Coatue. The company is already working with Fortune 100 companies and building what it says is the first foundation model purpose-built for defensive security. In simulations modeled on Fortune 500 enterprise environments, Corma found that AI attackers succeeded 88% of the time while AI defenders detected only 12% of attacks, highlighting a growing imbalance between offensive and defensive AI capabilities. Since launching six weeks ago, Corma’s AI workforce has been deployed at Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 organizations across sectors such as healthcare, financial services, and critical infrastructure, reducing threat response times by more than 94% and expanding security coverage by 15 times. The team combines frontier AI researchers from Google and DeepMind with cybersecurity experts from Israel’s 8200 Unit and leading cybersecurity companies. The company was founded in 2025, is headquartered in Tel Aviv and San Francisco, and aims to give defenders the same speed and sophistication that AI has given attackers.
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