Deals and dollars to cybersecurity startups are on track to break records in 2017, according to research firm CB Insights, and those that use artificial intelligence to fight cyber crime are among them.
Darktrace, a global machine learning company specialized in cyber defense, raised $75 million in July of this year in a series D round of venture capital funding led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Summit Partners, KKR, and TenEleven Ventures. Darktrace has raised $180 million in total since its inception, and the company now claims a post-funding valuation of $825 million. Read on to find out more about The Innovator’s picks for AI cybersecurity startups to watch.
Cylance
United States
What it does: Applies AI algorithms to predict, identify and stop malware and mitigate damage from zero-day attacks.
Darktrace
United Kingdom
What it does: Pairs behavioral analytics with advanced mathematics to automatically detect abnormal behavior in organizations.
D.Day Labs
Israel
What it does: Uses advanced machine learning to automatically classify sensitive data, enforce data security and demonstrate compliance.
DeepInstinct
Israel
What it does: Uses deep learning to detect and block zero-day and advanced persistent threat attacks on an enterprise’s endpoints, servers and mobile devices. Named “Most Disruptive Startup” by Nvidia at a May awards ceremony in Silicon Valley.
ThetaRay
Israel
What it does: Uses the power of AI to provide real-time detection of unprecedented and unknown threats using Big Data analytics that simultaneously monitor data from all sources within an organization.
