AI vs. AI: Prophet Security raises $30M to replace human analysts with autonomous defenders

Prophet Security, a startup developing autonomous artificial intelligence systems for cybersecurity defense, announced Tuesday it has raised $30 million in Series A funding to accelerate what its founders describe as a fundamental shift from human-versus-human to “agent-versus-agent” warfare in cybersecurity.

The Menlo Park-based company’s funding round, led by venture capital firm Accel with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, comes as organizations struggle with an overwhelming volume of security alerts while sophisticated attackers increasingly leverage AI to scale and automate their operations. Prophet’s approach represents a marked departure from the “copilot” AI tools that have dominated the market, instead deploying fully autonomous agents that can investigate and respond to threats without human intervention.

“Every security operations team is faced with a dual mandate of reducing risk while driving operational efficiency,” said Kamal Shah, Prophet Security’s co-founder and CEO, in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat. “Our Agentic AI SOC ...