Cymphony continuously maps employees and AI agents across an organization, tracking the systems they can access, the sensitive information they interact with and the risks created by those connections. It combines identity, SaaS, AI and data signals into a unified graph intended to show the context behind each interaction.
That structure is meant to connect two areas that have traditionally been handled separately: identity security and data security. Existing tools may identify an agent or flag sensitive information, but Cymphony is focused on showing when a particular agent, working through an employee or application, can reach that information.
"The security industry keeps treating AI as another application to secure, but that's the wrong model to use," said Cymphony co-founder and CEO Shy Dekel. "AI agents are becoming active participants in the business. Companies need to know what they're doing, what they can access, and how they're interacting with employees before they can secure them."
Cymphony goes beyond mapping access by prioritizing risks and recommending responses. The platform can automate some remediation work and coordinate remaining security tasks with the employees responsible for taking action, while tracking those steps through completion.
The company is positioning that workflow as a way to reduce the amount of manual work required after a security issue is detected. Rather than stopping at an alert, Cymphony is intended to connect detection with the people and actions needed to resolve the problem.
The platform arrives as companies increase their use of AI agents in daily work. Microsoft has described the emergence of teams where employees work alongside AI agents, while Gartner has identified governance and security as major obstacles to broader enterprise adoption. Gartner has also forecast that 40% of enterprises will demote or decommission autonomous AI agents by 2027 after governance problems emerge.
Cymphony was founded by Shy Dekel, Idan Berkovits and Edi Gotlieb, who each have backgrounds in cybersecurity and technical roles in Israel. All three are graduates of the Talpiot Program.
Dekel previously spent nearly six years in Unit 8200 and became head of its cyber department. Gotlieb, Cymphony's CTO, worked in hardware engineering at Apple and the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Berkovits, the company's CPO, previously managed a research group in the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel.
"The biggest enterprise software companies have been built around major technology transitions," said Bogomil Balkansky, partner at Sequoia Capital. "AI agents represent the next shift, and the companies that provide visibility and control over that new workforce have the opportunity to become foundational platforms."
Cymphony says its platform is already being used by Syngenta, KKR, Cass Information Systems and Athennian. Sequoia is also a customer.
The new financing will be used to expand product development and grow Cymphony's engineering and go-to-market teams. Sequoia previously led the company's seed round and is now co-leading its Series A.
"With both human and increasingly agentic threats, insider risk is being redefined in enterprises, requiring end-to-end platform solutions and Cymphony is leading the way," said Logan Allin, managing partner at SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund.
Cymphony's approach centers on treating AI agents as part of the enterprise workforce rather than as isolated software. By mapping both human and agent access in the same system, the company is aiming to give security teams a clearer picture of who — or what — can reach sensitive corporate data and what happens after that access is granted.
This analysis is based on reporting from New Castle News.
Image courtesy of Cymphony.
This article was generated with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy and quality.
