"“AI just made the entire process automatic, so the scale is much, much bigger now,” Shwartz told TechCrunch. “I can instruct LLM to go and understand exactly who you are, harvest large amount of public information, and create those phishing attacks very targeted against you.”"
"Ocean claims its AI can thoroughly analyze the context of every incoming email to detect fraud and impersonation attempts."
"While established vendors like Proofpoint and Mimecast, along with newer players like Abnormal Security, help detect standard phishing attacks, Shwartz (pictured right next to co-founder and CTO Oran Moyal) argues that AI requires a different defensive approach."
"His startup Ocean, an agentic email security platform built to fight AI-powered attacks, just emerged from stealth mode with $28 million in total funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Picture Capital and Cerca Partners."
Ocean is an agentic email security platform designed to defend against AI-powered email attacks. The platform emerged from stealth with $28 million in total funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Picture Capital and Cerca Partners, and additional angel investors including leaders from Wiz and Armis. Ocean positions itself against the limitations of defenses focused on traditional phishing. AI enables attackers to automate spear-phishing by using large language models to research targets and generate highly tailored messages. Ocean claims it analyzes the context of every incoming email to detect fraud and impersonation attempts, and it is already reviewing billions of emails monthly for customers.
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