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London-based Maze secures €22.5M to beat hackers at their own game through an AI agent
- London-based AI-native cloud security platform Maze secures $25M (€22.5M) in Series A funding led by Theory Ventures.
- The startup, founded in 2024 by Harry Wetherald, Adrian Jozwik, and Santiago Castineira, has raised a total of $31M (€27.9M) within a year of its founding.
- Funding will drive team growth and expansion into new use cases for its AI-native security platform, focusing on autonomous vulnerability investigation and resolution.
- Maze plans to extend its security solution from vulnerability management to other cloud security applications.
- Existing investors Cherry Ventures and Tapestry VC participate in the funding round, which includes deployment of AI agents with various organizations.
- Maze's AI agents mimic human behavior, investigating cloud data to pinpoint exploitable vulnerabilities and automatically resolve critical security issues.
- In 2024, vulnerability exploitation increased by 34%, with CVE growth at 40%, signifying the importance of AI-native security solutions in addressing security incidents.
- The Maze team's collective experience includes working at companies such as Tessian, Elastic, and Amazon, with Theory Ventures partner Andy Triedman joining the Maze board.
- Maze's rapid funding trajectory, from seed to Series A in nine months, underscores the demand and validation for AI-native security solutions in the market.
- The company's AI agent is designed to automate investigations and triage, offering a new approach compared to traditional vulnerability management tools.
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