Corma secures $60 million to develop AI tools for cyber defense

Stealth startup Corma announced a $60 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and Coatue to build AI models focused on defensive cybersecurity.

Corma, a cybersecurity startup that emerged from stealth this week, raised $60 million in seed funding from Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and Coatue. The firm, founded in 2025 with offices in Tel Aviv and San Francisco, deployed its inaugural defensive AI model six weeks ago to multiple Fortune-100 and Fortune-500 companies across sectors such as healthcare, finance, energy and retail. Unlike popular AI models that excel at offensive tasks like code generation, Corma’s system is trained to sift through logs and audits to spot threats, reportedly reducing response times by 94 percent for early adopters.

Partners at Sequoia and Khosla Ventures emphasized the accelerating speed of AI-powered attacks and the necessity of novel defensive solutions. The funding will fund further data collection, model training and the recruitment of top talent in security, AI and research. Corma’s CEO Alon Pluda likened the product to a protective ring from The Lord of the Rings, positioning it as a shield for defenders against increasingly autonomous cyber threats.