Neo Security exits stealth with $100M to secure AI agents
What's the deal? Israeli-US agentic software control company Neo Security emerged from stealth on July 20, 2026, with $100 million in funding. Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, with participation from Craft Ventures and Merlin VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.
Who's behind it? The founding team draws from SentinelOne, Wiz, and Palo Alto Networks. Chief executive officer Nicholas WarnerDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, chief product officer Shlomi SalemDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and chief technology officer Eran ShiraziDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → lead the company, which is headquartered in Boston with a development centre in Tel Aviv.
What's the endgame? Neo has built a real-time control layer for evolving software stacks. It helps security operations teams inventory the tools running across an enterprise, understand their changing capabilities and risks, assess whether they are configured safely, and enforce policy before risky activity occurs.
Why now? AI agents are being embedded into browsers, developer tools, and SaaS platforms, giving software the ability to reason, act, and move through workflows with valid user permissions. "Enterprise security was built for a world where software behaved predictably," Warner said. "That world is changing fast."
Where's the money going? Neo will use the funds to expand its marketing capabilities and engineering teams, as enterprises prioritise security to manage rapid agentic software adoption.
The signal: Warner said Neo lets enterprises "secure adoption without slowing down the business." As agentic tools spread across the software stack, the round points to growing demand for a control layer that governs what AI can do — before it acts.
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