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April 8, 2026
Trent AI raises $13M to build multi-agent security
The London startup emerged from stealth on 7 April with a layered agentic security solution and a seed round backed by LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital. Its co-founders include a Cambridge professor who was previously Amazon’s director of machine learning.
TL;DR
- Trent AI raised $13 million in a seed round.
- The round was led by LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital.
- The company targets security gaps as enterprises deploy autonomous AI agents faster than security frameworks can adapt.
- Trent AI's product is a multi-agent security platform designed for agentic environments.
- The platform includes Scan, Judge, Mitigate, and Evaluate agents.
- Founding team includes CEO Eno Thereska, Co-founder Neil Lawrence (University of Cambridge), and Co-founder Zhenwen Dai.
- Design partners are already using the platform, including Canopy and Commscentre.
- Trent AI is a partner member of OWASP and a startup partner with Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Venture Network.
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