BEACON SECURITY RAISES $13M SEED FOR AGENTIC PLATFORM
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Beacon Security, an agentic security platform, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Notable Capital. The company already counts tens of large enterprise customers, including AI chip maker Cerebras.
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