Dropzone AI Raises $3.5M in Seed Funding

Dropzone AI, a Seattle, WA-based autonomous alert investigation platform for security operations teams, closed on $3.5m in seed funding.

The round was led by Decibel Partners, with participation from Pioneer Square Ventures Fund, and angel investors such as Oliver Friedrichs, CEO of Pangea Security and founder and former CEO of Phantom Cyber, Jon Oberheide co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security, and Jesse Rothstein, co-founder and CTO of ExtraHop.

Founded by cyber defense and AI expert Edward Wu, Dropzone AI provides a platform that delivers pre-trained autonomous AI security agents that work alongside human analysts on security operations teams. It handles the frontline work of investigating the mountain of alerts from security systems. Using LLMs, Dropzone’s agents perform end-to-end investigations mimicking the techniques of elite analysts and enable human analysts to focus on real threats and higher-value work.

Dropzone gives teams an instant, AI security solution that:

  • Integrates with existing security systems and data
  • Fully analyzes and prioritizes every alert using both security systems and data sources, including phishing, exploitation, endpoint and cloud alerts, among others
  • Produces detailed investigation reports
  • Lets teams investigate even deeper through its expert chatbot assistant

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08/08/2023