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Cogent Security

140 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA, 94105, US

Overview

Cogent Security builds agentic cybersecurity systems that move beyond detection to fully automate vulnerability investigation, prioritization, and remediation. Its AI agents determine system ownership, assess real-world risk, generate engineer-ready fixes, and verify completion, giving security teams end-to-end coverage with full traceability and governance controls. Early customers—already numbering in the dozens among the Fortune 1000—report a 97 % reduction in exposure windows for critical risks. Founded by former Abnormal Security and Coinbase leaders and staffed with AI researchers from Google DeepMind, the San Francisco company launched in July 2025. The platform integrates directly into existing security and engineering workflows and operates under configurable approval gates to satisfy enterprise audit needs. Cogent positions its product as essential for organizations facing an explosion of CVEs and AI-accelerated threats. With the latest financing, the company plans to accelerate product development and scale enterprise deployments. Cogent’s total capital raised now stands at $53 million.

Total raised
$53M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Feb 2026

Industries

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Computer
  • Network Security
  • Software
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Feb 2026

    $42M

  2. Equity

    Jul 2025

    $11M

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