Penetration Testing Startup Novee Exits Stealth With $51.5M

Israeli Startup Novee's Custom AI Agents Mimic Human Attackers to Scale Detection Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • January 16, 2026

An Israeli startup led by Orca Security's former vice president of product emerged from stealth with $51.5 million to scale an artificial intelligence-first offensive security platform.

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The Series A funding will help Tel Aviv-based Novee recruit elite AI and cybersecurity talent and train proprietary AI models, said co-founder and CEO Ido Geffen. He said Novee's architecture is designed to simulate how expert penetration testers are trained - using a blend of tools, techniques and real-world examples - enabling their AI agents to autonomously discover and remediate vulnerabilities.

"We were able to attract, even being under stealth, a few dozen customers," Geffen told Information Security Media Group. "We are feeling very ...