Sweet Security Raises $75M for Unified AI and Cloud Defense

Israeli Startup Plans to Integrate AI Agent Guardrails Into Cloud Platform Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • November 24, 2025

An Israeli startup led by the former CISO of the Israel Defense Forces raised $75 million to integrate artificial intelligence security capabilities into its CNAPP platform.

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Tel Aviv-based Sweet Security plans to leverage its existing runtime CNAPP infrastructure, eBPF sensors and patented deviation detection engine to provide deep insights into AI agent behavior, said Eyal Fisher, co-founder and chief product officer at Sweet Security. AI agents, while non-deterministic, can still be baselined and monitored like other runtime elements, ensuring companies retain visibility and control, he said.

"We found out that there is a huge need for the market, and we found out that we are winning POCs, meaning that whenever somebody is trying ...