Cogent Security (Series A)
Funding Details
Awarder
Inbox
Date Award
February 19, 2026
Vertical
Cybersecurity
Funding Amount
$42,000,000
Company Info
Founders
Vineet Edupuganti
Market
Enterprise
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Coinvestors
Bain Capital Ventures, Definition Capital, Greylock
Company Description

Cogent is an applied AI lab building AI systems for enterprise cybersecurity teams. Cogent focuses on cybersecurity because it affects everyone—the reliability of the services used, the privacy of data, and the safety of the organizations depended on. Cogent's mission is to prevent breaches using autonomous AI systems that continuously secure systems against AI-armed adversaries operating at machine speed.

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