Torq Gets $140M Series D to Fuel AI-Powered SOC Capabilities

Funding at $1.2B Valuation to Propel Federal Market Entry and R&D in GenAI Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • January 15, 2026

A hyper automation startup founded by the former CEO of Luminate Security raised $140 million to address growing enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence in security operations.

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The Merlin Ventures-led Series D funding round will fuel New York-based Torq's expansion into federal and international markets, deepen investment in AI-based cybersecurity capabilities and accelerate R&D, said co-founder and CTO Leonid Belkind. The money will aid AI research and engineering, including deeper threat hunting capabilities powered by small, customer-specific AI models, he said.

"We are seeing Fortune 500 companies adopting our AI technologies - really adopting - not to play with it - in production, showing their management the impact it makes on their KPIs and ...