--- title: Mandiant’s founder just raised $190M for his autonomous... description: Kevin Mandia, founder of Mandiant (sold to Google for $5.4B in 2022), has launched a new AI-native cybersecurity startup called Armadin. The company raised... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mandiant-s-founder-just-raised-190m-for-his-autonomous-ai-agent-security-startup-pn5ghhqnu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mandiant’s founder just raised $190M for his autonomous AI agent security startup | daily.dev og:description: Kevin Mandia, founder of Mandiant (sold to Google for $5.4B in 2022), has launched a new AI-native cybersecurity startup called Armadin. 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The company raised $189.9M in combined seed and Series A funding led by Accel, with participation from GV, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, 8VC, Ballistic Ventures, and the CIA's venture arm In-Q-Tel. Armadin aims to build autonomous AI security agents to counter AI-powered cyberattacks, which Mandia warns will be able to complete attacks in minutes that previously took days. The co-founding team includes former Google Cloud Security and Mandiant executives. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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