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Above Security emerged from stealth with $50M in funding led by Ballistic Ventures, Merlin Ventures...
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The emergence of Above Security updates the player map for the AI Agent segment by addressing the specific security implications of agent-driven insider risk.
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Above Security emerged from stealth with $50M in funding led by Ballistic Ventures, Merlin Ventures and Norwest to tackle insider risk in the agentic AI era. With 45% of breaches caused by non-malicious human and system errors (IBM) and AI agents now outnumbering human employees 82-to-1 in some enterprises (HBR), the startup's AI-native platform monitors both human and machine behavior to detect intent and slash false positives. Already generating revenue within 6 months and selected as a top-5 company in the CrowdStrike-AWS-NVIDIA Cybersecurity Accelerator, Above signals a critical shift: as AI agents become de facto insiders with privileged access, treating them as invisible actors in security programs is no longer viable.