Depthfirst, an AI-driven cybersecurity startup, has raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its automated defense platform as AI-enabled attacks accelerate. The round was led by Accel Partners, with participation from SV Angel, Mantis VC, and Alt Capital. Founded in October 2024, the company develops General Security Intelligence, an AI-native platform designed to analyze codebases and workflows, detect vulnerabilities, prevent credential exposure, and monitor risks across open-source and third-party components.
The company was founded by Qasim Mithani, formerly of Databricks and Amazon, alongside Daniele Perito, previously director of security and risk engineering at Square, and Andrea Michi, a former engineer at Google DeepMind. The new capital will support expanded research, engineering, product development, and go-to-market efforts, as Depthfirst scales protections against increasingly automated, AI-driven cyber threats.
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