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When it comes to AI software , you may build up something clever , but that ’s not always the same as build something that is secure . With so much software now getting written by AI , having a windowpane into its security can be a challenge . That ’s the premiss ofArchipelo , a San Francisco - based cybersecurity startup that is today issue from stealth with $ 12 million in funding .
Archipelo ’s pitch shot is that it has a platform for “ Developer Security Posture Management ” ( DevSPM ) .
“ We discover that there is no developer security attitude tool , and that ’s what we build up , ” allege Matthew Wise , CEO and co - founder of Archipelo , over a call . “ What we find is that every enterprise has this problem . you could have a Fortune 500 bank that understands the productiveness gain when developers use AI for inscribe , and they also understand the risks . But they do n’t have a solution that enable them to remark and monitor all instance of AI befool usage [ to place that risk ] . ”
Human error is guess to be responsible for for over 74 % of certificate breaches ( Verizon DBIR 2023 ) . However , with AI - render codification , the issue is now immensely more complex . Archipelo ’s program is aspire at enterprise proactively procure both human and AI - driven computer code creation before security system vulnerability pass on yield .
The funding — which Archipelo will use for merchandise enlargement and go - to - market effort — include both an unannounced $ 4 million pre - seeded player and an $ 8 million seminal fluid round head by Dell Technologies Capital . Archipelo ’s competition in the “ cloud - to - code security ” space include Palo Alto Networks ( Prisma Cloud ) , Wiz , MSFT ( Defender ) , GitHub , GitLab , Snyk , Checkmarx , and Veracode . Veracode has so far raise $ 114.3 million , according toCrunchbase .
However , Archipelo claims to set itself asunder from the above as it puts the developer under the microscope to supervise package risks before they become incident . And in Archipelo ’s vista , the developer can be a man or an AI agent or AI coding tool . Other companies are still develop the capableness to pass over AI agent and AI coding tools during evolution .
Wise added : “ This is not a strategical round for Dell . It ’s a standard VC seed round . Dell is n’t a client ( yet ) . ” Customers include Fortune 500 enterprise customers in banking , healthcare , and defence , but Wise allege it was not yet possible to disclose the public figure , as they are in the middle of deployment .
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Also participating in the round of drinks was Zoom CEO Eric Yuan , Andy Bechtolsheim , Bill Tai , David Weisburd ( 10X Capital ) , Gil Penchina , Ed Roman ( Hack VC ) , Anima Anandkumar , Samsung NEXT , and Nima Capital .
