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Novee

Category: AI in Cybersecurity

An AI-driven offensive security platform that provides continuous, automated penetration testing to counter machine-speed cyberattacks through a proprietary 'AI Hacker' engine. Novee was founded in 2025. The company is led by Ido Geffen. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $51.5M. Latest round: Series A (Jan 2026). Key investors include ["Canaan Partners","YL Ventures","Zeev Ventures","Assaf Rappaport","Inon Axel"].

Founded
2025
Headquarters
Tel Aviv, Israel
Team size
11-50
Total funding
$51.5M

Value proposition

Replaces traditional, point-in-time manual penetration testing with a continuous, autonomous offensive security layer that identifies and validates attack paths at the same speed as modern AI-powered threats.

Products and solutions

["Autonomous AI Penetration Testing Engine","Continuous Attack Path Validation System","Real-time Vulnerability Prioritization Dashboard","Machine-Speed Threat Simulation Environment"]

Unique value

Unlike Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) tools that rely on static playbooks, Novee utilizes an 'AI Hacker' that mimics the creative, adaptive reasoning of human attackers to discover novel exploitation paths autonomously.

Target customer

Large-scale enterprises, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), and security operations teams (SecOps) requiring real-time vulnerability validation.

Industries served

["Cybersecurity","Financial Services","Healthcare","Critical Infrastructure","Enterprise Technology"]

Technology advantage

Founded by elite Unit 8200 and Talpiot veterans with deep offensive security expertise; the platform leverages proprietary LLMs trained specifically on offensive security logic to bridge the gap between manual expertise and automated scale.

How they differentiate

Unlike traditional Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) tools that rely on static playbooks, Novee utilizes a proprietary 'AI Hacker' engine that mimics human cognitive reasoning to autonomously discover and chain novel exploitation paths in real-time.

Main competitors

["Pentera","Horizon3.ai","Hadrian"]

Key partnerships

["YL Ventures (Lead Seed Investor)","Canaan Partners (Lead Series A Investor)","Zeev Ventures","Strategic angel investors including Assaf Rappaport (Wiz CEO) and Inon Axel"]

Notable customers

["Global Financial Institutions","Fortune 500 Enterprises"]

Major milestones

["Founded in May 2025 by elite Unit 8200 and Talpiot veterans","Raised $11.5M Seed round led by YL Ventures in mid-2025","Raised $40M Series A led by Canaan Partners in Jan 2026","Official launch from stealth in January 2026"]

Growth metrics

Rapidly scaled from founding to a $40M Series A within 8 months; currently in early-access/launch phase with Fortune 500 design partners.

Market positioning

Enterprise-grade AI offensive security platform targeting the 'Continuous Threat Exposure Management' (CTEM) market.

Geographic focus

Global, with primary operations in North America and Israel.

Patents and IP

No specific registered patents disclosed as of the January 2026 launch, though proprietary AI models and offensive algorithms are cited as core IP.

About Ido Geffen

Ido Geffen is a veteran offensive security leader with over 20 years of experience. Prior to founding Novee, he served as the VP of Product at SafeBreach, a pioneer in Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS). He also spent six years in the Prime Minister’s Office leading R&D and offensive security operations and is a graduate of the IDF's elite Talpiot program and Unit 8200.

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