Ent.AI Raises $100M Led by Decibel for AI-Native Endpoint Security

Ent.AI raised $100 million led by Decibel Partners to build AI-native endpoint and cybersecurity defense. The round adds to a banner year for security funding as enterprises race to deploy AI-driven defenses against increasingly automated, AI-powered attacks.

By the Numbers

$100M
Raised
Decibel Partners
Lead
Endpoint security
Category
Trace Cohen
By Trace Cohen · Value Add Pulse Funding Desk
Founder & Editor-in-chief, Value Add VC
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Ent.AI Raises $100M Led by Decibel for AI-Native Endpoint Security: key figures
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THE RUNDOWN

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AI-versus-AI is now the security frontier -- defenders need autonomous tooling to match automated attackers

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Cybersecurity remains one of the most reliably fundable categories regardless of the broader funding climate

The VC Read

Value Add VC analysis

Security is the one category that gets funded in every climate, and the reason is simple: the attackers just got AI too. Ent.AI raising $100M to build defense that's AI-native from the ground up is the right shape -- bolting AI onto legacy endpoint tools won't keep pace with automated intrusions. The whole market is becoming an AI-versus-AI arms race, and buyers with real exposure are moving budget fast. The crowded field is the risk; differentiation has to be more than 'we use AI too.'

Analysis

Ent.AI raised $100 million in a round led by Decibel Partners to scale its AI-native endpoint security platform. The company applies AI to detect and respond to threats at the device level, pitching autonomous defense as the necessary answer to a wave of increasingly automated and AI-assisted attacks.

The round lands amid a surge in security spending and funding. As attackers adopt AI to generate malware, automate intrusions, and scale social engineering, defenders are turning to AI-native tooling that can match that speed -- and investors are funding the shift aggressively. Cybersecurity has remained one of the most consistently fundable categories through every recent market cycle.

“The round lands amid a surge in security spending and funding.”

For builders, Ent.AI underscores that the security market rewards companies built AI-first rather than bolting AI onto legacy products. The threat landscape is now an AI-versus-AI contest, and the buyers with the most to lose are moving budget quickly toward defenses designed for that reality.

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