Google's former security leads raise $13M to fight email threats before they reach you | TechCrunch

"As AI is increasingly helping hackers to launch mass-scale email attacks, former Google security leaders have joined forces to build autonomous AI agents that aim to stop phishing, malware, and business email compromise threats before they ever reach user inboxes. That is the mission behind AegisAI, a new email security startup that has just emerged from stealth with $13 million in seed funding co-led by Accel and Foundation Capital."

"More than 90% of successful cyberattacks begin with a phishing email, per U.S. federal cybersecurity agency CISA. A recent CrowdStrike study (PDF) also found that phishing messages generated by large language models (LLMs) had a 54% click-through rate in 2024, far higher than the 12% rate for human-written emails. AegisAI aims to counter this growing threat with its suite of autonomous AI agents."

AegisAI builds an orchestrated network of real-time autonomous AI agents that inspect, analyze, and neutralize phishing, malware, and business email compromise threats before they reach user inboxes. The startup launched from stealth with $13 million in seed funding co-led by Accel and Foundation Capital. More than 90% of successful cyberattacks begin with a phishing email, per CISA, and CrowdStrike found LLM-generated phishing had a 54% click-through rate versus 12% for human-written emails. The founders, Cy Khormaee and Ryan Luo, previously led Google Safe Browsing and reCAPTCHA efforts and bring experience protecting billions of users and millions of websites.

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