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Huskeys

Category: AI in Cybersecurity

An AI-powered Edge Security Management (ESM) platform that uses agentic AI to automate, unify, and optimize the configuration of CDNs and Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Huskeys was founded in 2024. The company is led by Itai Gafni. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $8.0M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include ["Glilot Capital Partners","10D","Alumni Ventures","SVAngel","Merlin Ventures"].

Founded
2024
Headquarters
Tel Aviv, Israel
Team size
11-50
Total funding
$8.0M

Value proposition

Eliminates 'WAF fatigue' and manual configuration errors by providing an autonomous layer that manages security policies across diverse edge environments, ensuring consistent protection and reducing operational overhead.

Products and solutions

["Agentic AI Security Orchestrator","Unified Edge Security Management (ESM) Dashboard","Automated WAF Tuning & Policy Engine","Multi-CDN Configuration Synchronizer","Real-time Edge Threat Intelligence Feed"]

Unique value

Pioneering the 'Edge Security Management' (ESM) category, which shifts the focus from manual rule-setting to autonomous, agent-based management of existing security stacks (WAF/CDN) across multiple providers.

Target customer

Enterprise security teams (CISOs, SOC analysts), DevSecOps engineers, and large organizations managing complex, multi-vendor web infrastructures.

Industries served

["Cybersecurity","Cloud Infrastructure","E-commerce & Retail","Financial Services","Enterprise Software (SaaS)"]

Technology advantage

Leverages 'Agentic AI' to perform complex security tasks autonomously rather than just providing alerts; its vendor-agnostic architecture allows it to sit above legacy providers like Akamai, Cloudflare, and AWS to provide a single point of control.

How they differentiate

Patent-pending 'Agentic AI' layer that autonomously orchestrates and tunes existing WAF/CDN stacks across multiple vendors to eliminate manual configuration errors and 'WAF fatigue.'

Main competitors

["Cloudflare","Akamai","Fastly","Shift Security"]

Key partnerships

["Glilot Capital Partners (Lead Investor & Strategic Partner)","8200Angels (Investment & Advisory)","Major CDN and Cloud Service Providers (Technical Integration Partners)"]

Notable customers

["TikTok Pte. Ltd.","Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd.","Hugging Face Inc."]

Major milestones

["Emerged from stealth with $8M Seed round (March 2025)","Selected for CrowdStrike’s Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator program (2025)","Launched the first-ever Edge Security Management (ESM) platform category"]

Growth metrics

Working with dozens of global companies including TikTok and Hugging Face; participated in CrowdStrike’s Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator.

Market positioning

Category creator in Edge Security Management (ESM), acting as an autonomous intelligence layer above legacy edge providers.

Geographic focus

Global, with a strong initial presence in North America, Israel, and Asia-Pacific.

Patents and IP

No registered patents disclosed as of March 2025

About Itai Gafni

Itai Gafni is a veteran of the IDF's elite Unit 8200, where he served as an AI Lead focusing on innovative intelligence processes. He is a serial entrepreneur, previously co-founding Softwareye (a software intelligence platform). He is also an active member of 8200Angels, the investment arm of the Unit 8200 Alumni Association, bringing deep expertise in scaling AI-driven cybersecurity and infrastructure solutions.

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