--- title: Neo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to... description: Neo has emerged from stealth with $100M in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners to build a real-time control layer for agentic... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/neo-exits-stealth-with-100m-from-a16z-and-bessemer-to-build-a-control-layer-for-agentic-ai-software-v0hprlh5i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Neo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to build a control layer for agentic AI software | daily.dev og:description: Neo has emerged from stealth with $100M in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners to build a real-time control layer for agentic... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/neo-exits-stealth-with-100m-from-a16z-and-bessemer-to-build-a-control-layer-for-agentic-ai-software-v0hprlh5i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/V0hpRlh5i.png og:image:alt: Neo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to build a control layer for agentic AI software 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. # Neo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to build a control layer for agentic AI software **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Neo has emerged from stealth with $100M in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners to build a real-time control layer for agentic AI software in enterprises. Founded by former SentinelOne, Wiz, and Palo Alto Networks executives, Neo addresses the rapid proliferation of AI agents embedded in enterprise software — from 5% of apps in 2025 to a projected 40% by end of 2026. The platform inventories every AI agent and agentic-enabled app across an organization, scores their risks, maps actions to responsible users or agents, and enforces policy in real time. Unlike identity-focused competitors such as NewCore, Neo focuses on controlling what agents are permitted to do rather than who they are. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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