Radicl Brings In $31M to Push AI-Driven SOC Toward Autonomy

Series A Funding Accelerates AI-Native Detection and Response Roadmap Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • February 6, 2026

A Cybersecurity-as-a-Service startup led by the co-founder of LogRhythm raised $31 million to help build an autonomous security operations center for small and mid-sized enterprises.

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The Paladin Capital Group-led Series A funding round will allow Boulder, Colorado-based Radicl to invest in detection accuracy, deep contextual understanding of customer environments, and entity-based analytics to move security operations closer to full autonomy, said co-founder and CEO Chris Petersen. He said contextual understanding will improve detection accuracy and enable trusted automation.

"Why now is really to allow us to accelerate our platform road map, and to grow the R&D function in support of our road map and vision around building the autonomous stock for SMB," Petersen told Information Security ...