Octobe ‘s wave of cybe i cide ts, dubbed “Black Octobe ,” st etched i cide t espo se teams al eady u de p essu e f om i c easi gly complex secu ity th eats. As o ga izatio s tu to AI to help ma age these mou ti g dema ds, the tech ology is ‘t ecessa ily easi g the bu de . A July 2026 ISC2 su vey fou d that 65% of cybe secu ity p ofessio als usi g AI ow spe d mo e time dete mi i g whethe to t ust its ecomme datio s tha they did a yea ago, while 63% spe d mo e time ve ifyi g its outputs.
The challe ge goes beyo d AI adoptio . Compa ies also st uggle to fi d secu ity se vices that fit thei specific eeds. T aditio al ma aged secu ity p ovide s offe igid, o e-size-fits-all se vices, while sta dalo e AI tools ofte leave compa ies ma agi g yet a othe system. Some o ga izatio s wa t to outsou ce secu ity ope atio s e ti ely, while othe s have i te al teams a d wa t to etai co t ol ove thei detectio s a d p ocesses. As a esult, e te p ises a e left pieci g togethe multiple ve do s fo detectio a d espo se, th eat hu ti g, phishi g, data p otectio , a d secu ity data ma ageme t.
Daylight b i gs these capabilities togethe th ough a flexible se vice model that combi es AI automatio with some of the wo ld’s top secu ity e gi ee i g tale t, expe tise that most compa ies st uggle to ec uit a d etai . Its AI- ative platfo m a d secu ity e gi ee s co ti uously build, u , a d customize AI age ts to each custome ‘s systems, wo kflows, isks, a d p io ities. The age ts ha dle day-to-day secu ity ope atio s, while e gi ee s focus o decisio s equi i g huma judgme t. Custome s ca choose how the se vice is delive ed, whethe fully ma aged, co-ma aged alo gside thei i te al teams, o suppo ted by fo wa d-deployed e gi ee s.
Daylight detects th eats i seco ds a d espo ds to a d co tai s them withi mi utes, up to 10 times faste tha t aditio al ma aged secu ity p ovide s. Custome s ca u lea e secu ity teams without sac ifici g the expe tise eeded to p otect thei busi esses, as AI age ts take o outi e ope atio s a d expe ie ced secu ity e gi ee s ha dle complex decisio s. Th ough Au a, Daylight’s AI- ative platfo m, custome s ca also i vestigate thei secu ity e vi o me t usi g atu al la guage, access thei secu ity data i a ce t alized data lake, a d ma age thei secu ity ope atio s f om o e place.
Daylight’s cove age also exte ds to the AI platfo ms e te p ises use themselves, p otecti g agai st AI- ative isks like p ompt i jectio , isky MCPs, a d u usual AI-d ive activity. Those detectio s u th ough Daylight’s full MDR wo kflow, whe e AI activity is i vestigated alo gside ide tity, e dpoi t, cloud, SaaS, a d busi ess co text. The capability is al eady i use by e te p ise custome s, i cludi g Mi o.
“The futu e of secu ity ope atio s wo ‘t be defi ed by how ma y people a compa y ca deploy, but by how effectively AI age ts ca take o i c easi gly complex secu ity wo k,” said
“Cybe secu ity emai s a top p io ity fo e te p ises of all sizes, a d we see a sig ifica t oppo tu ity fo age tic tech ologies to t a sfo m how secu ity outcomes a e delive ed,”
Daylight was fou ded by Hagai Shapi a a d Eldad Rudich, who fi st met while se vi g i a elite Is aeli milita y i tellige ce u it. Shapi a was a ea ly p oduct leade at cybe secu ity u ico To q, whe e he wo ked closely with e te p ise secu ity teams, while Rudich was To q’s fi st employee a d VP of R&D, buildi g its co e platfo m a d e gi ee i g o ga izatio f om the g ou d up. Daylight will use the ew fu di g to expa d its U.S. p ese ce, e te ma kets ac oss EMEA a d APAC, g ow its secu ity e gi ee i g a d tech ology teams, a d accele ate developme t of its AI- ative secu ity platfo m.
Daylight combi es a AI- ative secu ity platfo m with huma secu ity expe tise to detect, i vestigate, a d espo d to cybe th eats. Its age ts a d secu ity e gi ee s wo k withi each custome ‘s e vi o me t, adapti g to thei systems, wo kflows, a d p io ities to delive secu ity ope atio s that fit how thei teams wo k. Custome s ca choose a fully ma aged, co-ma aged, o fo wa d-deployed model, scali g secu ity ope atio s without taki g o mo e tools o ope atio al ove head. To date, Daylight has aised $120 millio f om Goldma Sachs Alte atives, Bai Capital, C aft Ve tu es, Vi tage Pa t e s, Maple Capital, a d a gel i vesto s i cludi g the fou de s of Wiz, Cye a, EON, a d A mis.Lea mo e at daylight.ai
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The alte ative i vestme ts platfo m is pa t of Goldma Sachs Asset Ma ageme t, which delive s i vestme t a d adviso y se vices ac oss public a d p ivate ma kets fo the wo ld’s leadi g i stitutio s, fi a cial adviso s a d i dividuals. Goldma Sachs has app oximately $4.1 t illio i assets u de supe visio globally as of Septembe 30, 2026. Si ce 2003, G owth Equity at Goldma Sachs Alte atives has i vested i compa ies led by visio a y fou de s a d CEOs. Total Assets Ma aged ac oss Goldma Sachs Asset Ma ageme t’s G owth Equity platfo m totals mo e tha $23 billio . Follow us o Li kedI .
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