--- title: Corma raised $60M from Sequoia to build the defensive AI... description: Corma, a Tel Aviv and San Francisco-based startup founded in 2025, raised a $60M seed round led by Sequoia Capital with Khosla Ventures and Coatue to build a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/corma-raised-60m-from-sequoia-to-build-the-defensive-ai-that-cybersecurity-is-missing-zavprccqx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Corma raised $60M from Sequoia to build the defensive AI that cybersecurity is missing | daily.dev og:description: Corma, a Tel Aviv and San Francisco-based startup founded in 2025, raised a $60M seed round led by Sequoia Capital with Khosla Ventures and Coatue to build a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/corma-raised-60m-from-sequoia-to-build-the-defensive-ai-that-cybersecurity-is-missing-zavprccqx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zAVPRCcQx.png og:image:alt: Corma raised $60M from Sequoia to build the defensive AI that cybersecurity is missing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Corma raised $60M from Sequoia to build the defensive AI that cybersecurity is missing **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Corma, a Tel Aviv and San Francisco-based startup founded in 2025, raised a $60M seed round led by Sequoia Capital with Khosla Ventures and Coatue to build a purpose-built foundation model for defensive cybersecurity. In simulations modelled on Fortune 500 companies, AI attackers succeeded 88% of the time while defenders caught only 12% of threats — exposing a structural gap between offensive and defensive AI capabilities. Corma deploys AI agents across existing security tooling rather than replacing it, describing its offering as 'virtual human resources.' Early deployments at Fortune 100 and 500 companies in healthcare, financial services, energy, and retail reduced threat response times by over 94% and expanded security coverage 15x. The team combines frontier AI researchers from Google and DeepMind with cybersecurity specialists from Israel's Unit 8200. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much better are AI attackers than AI defenders in cybersecurity simulations? In simulations modelled on Fortune 500 companies using leading AI models including GPT and Claude, attackers succeeded in 88% of cases while defenders caught only 12% of planted threats. The same models that excel at offensive tasks — leveraging coding and reasoning capabilities — are poorly suited for defensive work, which requires processing large audit log volumes and identifying weak signals over long periods. _Security teams evaluating AI-driven defence strategies track findings like these on daily.dev._ ### What performance improvements did Corma's AI agents achieve in enterprise deployments? Corma's AI agents reduced threat response times by more than 94% and expanded security coverage 15x in early deployments at Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies across healthcare, financial services, energy, and retail. The system operates across an organisation's existing security tools rather than replacing them, with each organisation determining how many virtual agents it needs. _Enterprises weighing AI security tooling decisions find vendor benchmarks and coverage like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Stopping a cyberattack while walking your dog - defensive AI security CEO says it's not ruff to do](https://daily.dev/posts/stopping-a-cyberattack-while-walking-your-dog---defensive-ai-security-ceo-says-it-s-not-ruff-to-do-edda5cbbn) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cyera has now raised $1.4bn this year to police AI agents](https://daily.dev/posts/cyera-has-now-raised-1-4bn-this-year-to-police-ai-agents-enyeebwby) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Exaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen](https://daily.dev/posts/exaforce-raises-125m-series-b-to-build-ai-for-catching-and-stopping-cyberattacks-as-they-happen-klc0b1t9y) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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