Simbian has raised $10 million from investors including Coinbase board member Gokul Rajaram, Cota Capital partner Aditya Singh, Icon Ventures, Firebolt, and Rain Capital. The Mountain View-based startup, which currently has 15 employees, plans to use the majority of the capital raised for product development and aims to double its workforce by the end of the year.
Key takeaways:
- Ambuj Kumar, a former Nvidia engineer and co-founder of Fortanix, has launched Simbian, an AI-powered cybersecurity platform that automates a company's cybersecurity workflows.
- Simbian, co-founded with former Twitter software engineer Alankrit Chona, can automatically orchestrate and operate existing security tools, providing personalized recommendations and automated actions based on a company's security priorities and business requirements.
- Simbian uses a chatbot-like interface where users can type in a cybersecurity goal in natural language, and the platform will provide recommendations and generate automated actions.
- Simbian recently raised $10 million from investors including Coinbase board member Gokul Rajaram, Cota Capital partner Aditya Singh, Icon Ventures, Firebolt and Rain Capital.