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Cotool raised a $7.4 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, co-founder and CEO Max Pollard tells Axios Pro exclusively.

Why it matters: Investors are backing cybersecurity startups as AI gives bad actors an edge.

How it works: Cotool helps security teams use AI to their advantage, spinning up agents for detection and response that can share context, continuously report anomalies and help companies remediate.

The platform specifically aims to help smaller security teams, giving them AI support to keep up with alerts and remediation.

Zoom in: WndrCo and some angel investors also participated.

By the numbers: The company, founded in 2025, is revenue-producing.

Its trio of customers include Ramp and EliseAI.

What they're saying: "New attacks today scale with tokens, not headcount," Pollard says. "With the surface you have to protect expanding, new tools are needed."

The intrigue: Cybersecurity companies aren't likely to face the same dramatic, AI-induced apocalypse that's hit the software industry.

What's next: With the platform in the market, Pollard said the company's near-term goal is to surpass the $1 million revenue mark as quickly as possible.

The company is more focused on scaling than raising a Series A, but co-founder and CTO Logan Carmody adds that "if funding came along, we may be interested."

Exclusive: Cotool raises a $7.4M seed led by a16z for agentic security

The new agentic platform helps overwhelmed security teams.

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Exclusive: Cotool raises a $7.4M seed led by a16z for agentic security

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