Shares in Fastly Inc. surged more than 30% in after-hours trading today after the cloud-based edge infrastructure and content delivery network provider not only delivered earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter but also gave an outlook well ahead of expectations. For the quarter that ended on Dec. 31, Fastly reported adjusted ...

Nucleus Security Inc. today announced that it has raised $20 million in new funding to support product development its vulnerability and exposure management services by expanding platform capabilities and scaling up customer deployments. Founded in 2018, Nucleus focuses on exposure management rather than standalone vulnerability scanning by treating vulnerabilities, assets and contextual risk signals as interconnected ...

Non-human identity security platform company GitGuardian SAS today announced that it had raised $50 million in new funding to fuel its expansion in secrets and artificial intelligence agent security as organizations grapple with exponential growth in nonhuman identities. Founded in 2017, GitGuardian offers a security platform that is designed to detect, manage and govern secrets ...

Artificial intelligence native security analytics startup Vega Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $120 million in new funding to accelerate product development and expand its go-to-market team. Founded in 2024, Vega offers an AI-native security analytics platform that is designed to support the full security operations lifecycle without requiring centralized data ingestion. The ...

Shares in Rapid7 Inc. plunged more than 18% in late trading today after the cybersecurity solutions provider gave forecasts below expectations amid slowing growth, despite reporting earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended on Dec. 31, Rapid7 reported adjusted earnings per share of 44 cents, down from ...

Software-as-a-service security company Recolabs Inc. today announced that it has raised $30 million in new funding to support its continued expansion, including significant hiring across engineering, product and go-to-market teams with a focus on discovering and securing AI apps and agents at scale. Founded in 2020, Reco focuses on making AI tools, copilots and autonomous ...

Artificial intelligence voice infrastructure startup Newo Inc. announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding to accelerate product development, expand its partner ecosystem, scale up go-to-market efforts, and expand its AI voice capabilities across additional industries and use cases. Founded in 2023, Newo offers human-like AI voice and text agents that are ...

Vibe coding security company Backslash Security Inc. revealed today that it has raised $19 million in new funding to expand its research and development talent and operations, deepen platform capabilities and scale up its go-to-market presence in the U.S. and Europe. Founded in 2022, Backslash focuses on protecting what it describes as the emerging vibe ...

Cybersecurity certification, education, training and services company EC-Council today announced the launch of its Enterprise AI Credential Suite that introduces four new role-based artificial intelligence certifications and also updated its Certified CISO v4 program. The launch of Enterprise AI Credential Suite is the largest single expansion of EC-Council’s portfolio in its 25-year history and is designed to address ...

Artificial intelligence-based human resources company Phenom People Inc. announced today that it has acquired Be Applied Ltd., an AI-driven cognitive assessment solution provider that validates candidate and employee capabilities at scale, for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2016, Be Applied offers skills-based assessment solutions for hiring and talent evaluation with a platform that uses adaptive, evidence-based cognitive ...