Dux Emerges From Stealth Mode With $9 Million in Funding

Dux has emerged from stealth mode with a seed funding round of $9 million, as reported by SecurityWeek. The startup, which has offices in Tel Aviv and New York, was founded by Israel Defence Forces veterans and focuses on preventing vulnerability exploitation by identifying exposures across enterprise environments. It uses AI workers to continuously analyse exploitability across assets, with agents programmed to identify viable attack paths and offer lightweight mitigations for rapid resolution.

Dux says its multi-stage approach concentrates on what is exploitable to reduce the attack surface and speed safety to machine speed. The funding round was led by Redpoint, TLV Partners, and Maple Capital, with additional support from CrowdStrike, Okta, and Armis, and will be used to expand its R&D team in Tel Aviv and grow its US go-to-market efforts.