Daylight raises $80 million to expand AI security platform

SecurityWeek reports that Israeli-American cybersecurity startup Daylight has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to $120 million. The round was led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives’ Growth Equity, with additional participation from Okta Ventures, Bain Capital, Craft Ventures, Vintage Partners and Maple Capital.

Daylight, founded in 2024 and headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv, has developed Aura, described as an AI-native platform that hunts for, analyses, and contains cyber threats in real time. The company combines AI automation with human oversight, building and running agents that handle day-to-day security operations based on customers’ workflows, risks and priorities.

SecurityWeek notes that Daylight offers a flexible service model, enabling fully managed, co-managed, or forward-deployed engineer-supported arrangements. As AI agents perform routine tasks, Aura is positioned to assist customers with security investigations, data access and operations management, while Daylight also addresses protections against prompt injection, risky MCPs and rogue AI-driven activity.

Hagai Shapira, Daylight’s co-founder and CEO, is quoted as saying that agents will change how threats are detected, investigated and contained, with security engineers governing and improving operations. Shapira emphasises an agent-native approach that blends AI speed and scale with human judgment.

The coverage adds that the fresh capital will be used to accelerate platform development, expand security and technology teams, grow Daylight’s US presence, and enter new markets across the EMEA and APAC regions. The report identifies the funding as part of Daylight’s strategy to advance its operating model and broaden its market footprint.