AegisAI has completed its seed round to fund the development of autonomous AI agents to combat phishing, malware, and BEC with higher accuracy.
AegisAI, a cybersecurity startup launched by former Google Safe Browsing and reCAPTCHA leaders Cy Khormaee and Ryan Luo, has announced a US$13 million seed round led by Accel and Foundation Capital.
The funding will accelerate development of its autonomous AI email security platform, expand engineering capacity, and support market entry. The platform tackles phishing, malware, and business email compromise by deploying AI agents that inspect and neutralise threats in real time.
“We’ve spent almost a decade each protecting billions of users at Google; we’ve seen firsthand how enterprise email defences are falling behind,” said Cy Khormaee, Co-Founder and CEO of AegisAI. “We’re seeing the sophistication of AI-powered attacks increase rapidly while existing email security defences are standing still. This leaves security leaders without the tools they need to defend their organisations.”
The product integrates with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace via API, continuously learning from adversarial behaviour and sharing intelligence across organisations.
Ryan Luo, CTO and Co-Founder, added: “We don’t believe in creating more alerts — we believe in creating better security outcomes. Our mission is to protect organisations without adding operational burden and to give security teams the reliable intelligence they need to focus on what matters most.”
Early customers such as Mesh and Lokker report that AegisAI successfully intercepted AI-driven spear phishing, spoofing, and BEC attempts without requiring complex playbooks or manual oversight.
Eric Wolford, Partner at Accel, commented: “The AI era will inevitably drive disruption in email — the easiest attack vector. We were looking for a team that was AI-native. Cy and Ryan were the right team. They are both AI-native and have spent an enormous amount of time in email security at Google.”
AegisAI emerged from stealth following pilot programmes with fintech and technology firms, demonstrating measurable improvements in threat detection and operational efficiency.
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