Investors bet $125 million that someone has to police AI agents
Zenity, an Israeli startup whose platform watches enterprise AI agents in real time and can block them when they drift from their task, raised a $125 million Series C led by Norwest — with SoftBank, Hitachi and LG among the backers. The round brings Zenity's total funding to roughly $185 million; the company pitches itself as security 'for the era of 1 billion AI agents.'
Why it mattersAfter a string of incidents — from the Hugging Face break-in to agents autonomously scanning servers — securing AI agents is becoming its own industry. Major corporate investors are betting that every company deploying agents will also need a leash for them.
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