AI Security Funding, May–June 2026: From Perimeter to Control Plane
AI-security financings clustered around data, identity, agent behavior, and production controls rather than another generic perimeter product.
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Bain Capital Ventures Backs Straiker’s $64M Series A for Agentic Security
Straiker raised $64M Series A (total $85M) with Marathon leading and Bain Capital Ventures returning — discovery, adversarial testing, and runtime defense for enterprise AI agents.
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Cyera's $600M at $12B: Building the 'Trust Layer' for Enterprise AI
Cyera raised $600M at a $12B valuation in June 2026, quadrupling its worth in 18 months as the data-security platform governing what enterprise AI can access.
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Gray Swan's $40M Series A: The AI Security Firm Trusted by Every Frontier Lab
Pittsburgh's Gray Swan raised a $40M Series A in May 2026, co-led by Wing and Madrona, to secure AI models and agents for OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and enterprises.
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Forerunner Ventures Joins depthfirst $80M Series B in AI Security
Forerunner Ventures participated in depthfirst’s $80M Series B, an applied AI lab securing the world’s software, in a round led by Meritech Capital.
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Escape's €15M Series A: Paris Pushes Into AI-Driven API Security
Escape's Series A highlights France's growing presence in AI security tooling — and the need for continuous API attack-surface monitoring.