Ex-Google Security Leads Raise $36M Series A for AI-vs-AI Phishing Defense

AegisAI, founded by Cy Khormaee and Ryan Luo — who built Google's safe browsing and reCAPTCHA — raised a $36M Series A led by Battery Ventures, with Accel and Foundation Capital participating. Total funding reaches $49M. The startup deploys autonomous AI agents to detect and block AI-crafted spear phishing in email. Customers include LangChain, Mash, and Google-owned Lokker.