Huskeys Raises $27 Mn to Build AI-Powered Security Platform

The funding round was led by Blackstone, a major U.S. investment company.

Other investors in the round include Skinos Ventures, Yishay Yovel’s investment fund, Okta’s investment fund, Zscaler’s investment fund, and Merlin Ventures.

Senior leaders from major cybersecurity companies also invested in the round. They include executives from Google, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare, Check Point, AWS, and Intel.

Other private investors include actor and comedian Assi Cohen and mentalist Lior Suchard, who also works as an adviser to Huskeys.

"Five months ago, we left stealth with a clear vision to build a new cybersecurity category for the AI era, which we have seen grow stronger," said Gafni, co-founder and CEO of Huskeys.

"Artificial intelligence has changed the way the internet works, and along with tremendous opportunities, it has also brought new security risks and the potential to damage organizations' revenues. We believe that in the near future, most identities operating on the internet will be autonomous agents, and organizations will need a new infrastructure that can identify, secure and manage them."

Huskeys is building a platform that uses agentic AI to improve existing web security systems. The company wants to help Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) work better as more AI agents start using the internet.

The company was founded by Itai Gafni, CEO, and Roy Weisfeld, CTO. Both previously served in Israel’s Unit 8200. Gafni worked on AI projects, while Weissfeld focused on web security research.

Since coming out of stealth mode, Huskeys has grown its business, gained new customers, and expanded into international markets.