Ent came out of stealth with a seed round that looks more like a growth round: $100 million led by Decibel, with Sequoia, Crosspoint, Craft, Shield, Felicis and In-Q-Tel also participating.
From response to prevention
Founders Elias Manousos and Brandon Dixon previously built RiskIQ and later worked on Microsoft Security Copilot. Their new company argues that endpoint security has spent too long detecting problems after the fact.
Ent plans to place lightweight probes on endpoints and judge the intent behind user and AI agent actions in real time. The hook is agent security: once software agents can read mail, touch systems and run workflows, malicious use can look almost identical to normal work.
Sources: SecurityWeek；SiliconANGLE；BusinessWire；CocoLoop