Kevin Mandia, the founder of Mandiant, has launched a new AI-native cybersecurity startup called Armadin. The company announced a combined seed and Series A round of $189.9 million, led by Accel with participation from GV, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, 8VC, Ballistic Ventures, and In-Q-Tel. Armadin’s mission is to develop autonomous cybersecurity agents that can learn and respond to threats without human intervention, positioning the technology as a countermeasure to emerging AI-powered attacks. The founding team includes former Google Cloud Security engineer Travis Lanham, former Mandiant executive Evan Peña, and former Google SecOps engineer David Slater. Read more →