AI Security Startup Neo Secures US$100 Mn to Expand Agentic Software Platform

Founded by former experts from SentinelOne, Wiz, and Palo Alto Networks, Neo helps companies secure AI agents, AI-powered applications, identities, browsers, and other software. The new funding will be used to expand its engineering and sales teams as more businesses adopt AI technologies.

“Enterprise security was built for a world where software behaved predictably,” said Nick Warner, CEO and Co-Founder of Neo. “That world is changing fast. AI agents and agentic capabilities are being embedded into browsers, developer tools, SaaS platforms, and traditional applications, giving software the ability to reason, act, invoke tools, and move through workflows with valid user permissions. Neo gives enterprises the real-time control layer they need to understand what agentic software can do, govern how it behaves, and secure adoption without slowing down the business.”

“Enterprise software is becoming agentic, changing how applications behave, what they can access, and how work gets done,” said Zane Lackey, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. “Employees are rapidly adopting AI agents and software vendors are embedding agentic capabilities into products enterprises already use. Organizations need visibility into what this software can do and the ability to govern its behavior in real time. Nick, Shlomi, Eran, and the Neo team have built category-defining security platforms before, and we believe they’re uniquely positioned to build the control layer this new generation of enterprise software requires.”

“Agentic AI is creating a new security category as enterprise environments transform, becoming largely composed of software that can reason, act, and invoke tools on its own,” said Elliott Robinson, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. “Neo combines a clear architectural view of how to control this new software layer with a founding team that has built enterprise-grade security platforms at scale before. That combination matters in a crowded market. Vision is important, but execution will determine the companies that define this next era of security, and Neo is tackling one of agentic security’s hardest problems.”

Founded in 2021 by Nicholas Warner, Shlomi Salem and Eran Shirazi, Neo is an Agentic Software Control company that helps businesses manage and secure AI-powered software. Its platform gives security teams the tools to monitor, control, and protect AI agents, AI applications, browsers, identities, and other enterprise software.