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BUSINESS • 12/06/2025 06:12 PM

Horizon3.ai Secures US$100 Mln Series D Funding To Lead Autonomous Security Revolution

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) -- Horizon3.ai, the company behind the NodeZero Autonomous Security Platform, has raised US$100 million in a Series D funding round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from SignalFire, Craft Ventures, and 9Yards Capital. (US$1=RM4.23)

Horizon3.ai in a statement said NEA Partner and Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy, and Microsoft former Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Lila Tretikov, will join the company’s Board of Directors following the investment.

“Over the past four years, we have proven that AI-driven offensive security is not theoretical—it is real, and it is delivering measurable impact,” said Horizon3.ai Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Snehal Antani.

Meanwhile, NEA Partner, Aaron Jacobson said Horizon3.ai is shaping a new security category through its autonomous technology, whereas Tretikov added that the platform is redefining how organisations manage and verify cyber risks.

The company has sustained more than 100 per cent year-on-year annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth and achieved Rule of 40-positive metrics, signalling efficient business scalability.

Founded in 2019, Horizon3.ai develops NodeZero, an autonomous penetration testing (pentesting) platform used by over 3,000 organisations globally. 

NodeZero, powered by reinforcement learning and graph reasoning, mimics real-world attackers by autonomously conducting pentesting in live environments. The platform collects data from each test to continuously improve its algorithms, creating what the company describes as a “compounding data advantage”.

The funding will be used to scale operations through strategic partnerships, accelerate product innovation in web application security and vulnerability management, and expand Horizon3.ai’s federal market footprint, particularly within the United States (US) defence sector.

Notably, NodeZero was recently deployed in a pentesting where it autonomously gained access to sensitive US aircraft carrier design data via a third-party supplier, without human intervention.

-- BERNAMA

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