AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing

Hackers are increasingly using AI to create convincing spear phishing emails by quickly aggregating personal information about targets. A startup founded by former Google security executives has raised funding to address this threat by developing AI agents that analyze incoming emails for subtle anomalies that traditional rule-based security systems miss. The company's founders argue that existing email security tools are too slow and limited to catch AI-crafted malicious messages, which bypass current controls more than half the time. The startup has already been adopted by dozens of customers and plans to eventually expand its AI-powered defense approach beyond email to other areas like data security.