April 9, 2024 at 06:06AM
StrikeReady, a Silicon Valley startup, secures $12 million in new financing from 33N Ventures for its technology to modernize cybersecurity command centers. The Series A round includes equity interests from Hitachi Ventures, Monta Vista Capital, and cybersecurity executives. StrikeReady plans to use AI to simplify SOC environments and automate security tasks. Led by Yasir Khalid, the team aims to address key security operations challenges.
From the meeting notes, it is evident that StrikeReady, an early-stage startup based in Palo Alto, California, has successfully secured $12 million in new financing from 33N Ventures. The Series A funding includes equity interests from Hitachi Ventures, Monta Vista Capital, and several prominent cybersecurity executives. Since emerging from stealth in April 2021, StrikeReady has raised a total of $15.6 million, demonstrating ambitious plans to modernize cloud-based security operations centers.
The company is focused on advancing beyond traditional AI and large language models (LLM) to a proprietary large action model (LAM). This technology aims to reduce complexity in security operations center (SOC) environments and automate routine tasks for security teams. Led by Yasir Khalid, StrikeReady’s team comprises early timers from FireEye and aims to enable seamless operationalization of disparate security products through a security operations and management platform driven by artificial intelligence, data, and automation.
StrikeReady’s solution strives to address key challenges in modernizing security operations, including the understanding of multiple cybersecurity products’ capabilities, the shortage of cybersecurity talent, and the need for improved collaboration between teams.
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