Augur (fka SecLytics), a San Diego, CA based AI-powered threat prevention company, raised $7m in seed funding.
The round was led byĀ General Advance with participation from industry executives Ely Kahn, VP Product for Cloud Security and AI/ML, SentinelOne; Spencer Thompson, Co-Founder and CEO, Prelude; Travis McPeak, Co-Founder and CEO, Resourcely;Ā Josh Lospinoso, Co-Founder and CEO, Shift5; and other senior executives from Amazon, Google, and CloudFlare.
The company intends to use the funding to expand the development of its platform.
Led by CEO Joe Lea, Augur provides a predictive threat prevention platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor global internet activity, profile attacker behaviors, and map attack infrastructure. Using AI and behavioral modeling, the system analyzes global internet infrastructure to detect the earliest signs of malicious intent, months before attacks go live. With a near-zero false positive rate (0.007%), Augur identifies attack infrastructure, enabling security teams to act early, automate enforcement, and shut down attacks before they start. Security teams retain full control, whether autonomously blocking threats or surfacing critical intelligence for human review.
The solution integrates into customer environments, autonomously identifying threats and coordinating responses through existing security controls.
Today, Augur is in use by financial institutions, global energy providers, healthcare, telecommunications and critical infrastructure operators.
FinSMEs
24/04/2025