Israeli AI Security Startup Bay Raises $50 Million
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Israeli cybersecurity startup Bay, specializing in securing AI agents, has launched with $50 million in funding. The company raised $37 million in a Series A round led by Battery Ventures and $13 million previously in a seed round. Bay's system monitors AI agent actions in real-time to prevent security risks. The funds will support team expansion and international growth, with the goal of enabling safer, faster AI adoption for organizations.
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- Israeli AI security startup Bay has secured $50 million in total funding.
- The company's system monitors AI agent actions in real-time to prevent security risks.
- Bay's Series A funding round of $37 million was led by Battery Ventures.
- Notable investors include leaders from Wix, Cisco, and Zscaler.
- The startup was founded by former Unit 8200 intelligence officers and tech executives.
- Funds will be used for team expansion and international sales and marketing.
Israeli cybersecurity startup Bay, which has developed a system to secure the operations of artificial intelligence agents within organizations, announced its public launch today with a total of $50 million in funding, just nine months after its establishment. The funding includes a $37 million Series A round led by Battery Ventures, with participation from Micron Ventures, the investment arm of chip manufacturer Micron Technology, which is also a Bay customer. Previously, Bay had raised approximately $13 million in a seed round led by YL Ventures and Striker.
Bay operates in the field of AI agent security, focusing on software agents that can perform tasks independently, including accessing organizational data, operating systems, and modifying information. As organizations grant these agents more authority, concerns grow about potential errors or malicious actions that could expose sensitive data or harm systems. Bay's system aims to mitigate this risk by examining agent actions in real-time before they are executed. It evaluates actions against the assigned task and prior behavior, deciding whether to permit, block, or escalate for human approval. The company states its platform enables organizations to expand their use of autonomous AI agents without compromising oversight.
Notable private investors in Bay include Assaf Rappaport, CEO of Wix; Gito Patel, Chief Product Officer at Cisco; and Manooj Apathe, former Chief Security Officer at Zscaler. The company currently serves dozens of organizations globally, including Wix, ClickUp, and Micron. Bay claims that Fortune 100 companies using its system have tripled their usage of autonomous AI agents. The system integrates with existing security tools and provides analytics on agent activity to recommend security policies.
Bay was founded in early 2026 by CEO Yuval Zakharya, VP Product Aner Murg, and VP R&D Boris Danilovich. Zakharya is a former intelligence officer from Unit 8200, Murg also served in Unit 8200 and was an early employee at Noname Security, and Danilovich was an early employee at Preempt Security before its acquisition by CrowdStrike. The company currently employs about 35 people, mostly in Israel. The raised funds will be used to expand product and development teams and to grow sales and marketing operations in the US and Europe. "The challenge is to expand the use of AI agents without losing control," said Zakharya. "We built Bay to secure all of an organization's AI uses on one platform, so organizations can implement new tools faster and more securely."
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