The $6.5 million investment is split into two tranches: a pre-seed of around $2 million at launch and a seed that closed at the end of last year for around $4.5 million. Investors include Union Square Ventures and Abstract Ventures, who led the seed round, and Impatient Ventures and ex/ante, who led the pre-seed round, along with several industry angels. The founders believe their early start and broad vision will help them compete in the market.
Key takeaways:
- Anon, a startup that provides automated authentication for AI agents, has announced a $6.5 million investment and the general availability of its product.
- The company's solution is delivered as a software development kit (SDK) that allows developers to incorporate authentication for a specific service with a few lines of code.
- Anon is working towards building a zero trust architecture, where they never control the credentials themselves and there is an encryption layer that requires both the user and Anon to unlock.
- The $6.5 million investment is split into two tranches: a pre-seed of around $2 million at launch and a seed that closed at the end of last year for around $4.5 million, with investors including Union Square Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Impatient Ventures, and ex/ante.