Asymmetric Security Raises $4.2M In Pre-Seed Round

The round was led by Susa Ventures, with participation from Halcyon Ventures and Overlook Ventures, as well as angel investors including Meta’s Charlie Songhurst, Entrepreneur First’s Matt Clifford and former Y Combinator president Geoff Ralston.

The company plans to use the funding to expand its engineering and incident response teams.

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Asymmetric Security is an AI-native cyber forensics startup that combines expert forensic knowledge with advanced automation, enabling proactive threat hunting and rapid, secure incident response.

The platform has already enhanced response times for over 100 attacks, boosting speed, accuracy and cost efficiency.

Over the next year, the company plans to expand its services to cover insider threat investigations, ransomware incidents and nation-state attacks.

"As AI progress accelerates toward AGI, the security stakes rise," says Alexis Carlier, CEO and co-founder. "Autonomous AI attacks are no longer hypothetical, and AI model weight theft is now one of the most consequential security risks facing the West. We exist to accelerate AI cyberdefence and make AI an overwhelming advantage for defenders."

About Asymmetric Security

Asymmetric Security is an AI-native cyber forensics startup that merges advanced AI models with human forensic expertise. Its platform automates much of the investigation process, reducing response times from days to hours.