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From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing
Ocean, an agentic email security platform, claims its AI can thoroughly analyze the context of every incoming email to detect fraud and impersonation attempts.
TL;DR
- Shay Shwartz, formerly a hacker and cybersecurity leader, founded Ocean.
- Ocean is an agentic email security platform designed to combat AI-powered attacks.
- The startup has secured $28 million in funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- Shwartz argues that AI requires a new defensive approach to phishing, as it automates and scales targeted attacks.
- Ocean's AI analyzes email context to detect fraud and impersonation.
- The platform is already reviewing billions of emails per month for customers like Kayak, Kingston Technology, and Headspace.