Irregular, an AI security company formerly known as Pattern Labs, announced an $80 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital and Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. The capital values the firm at $450 million and will support its work securing frontier AI models, including building simulated environments to test emerging risks. Co‑founders Dan Lahav and Omer Nevo emphasized the growing need for robust defenses as large language models become more capable, citing the company's SOLVE framework and its role in evaluating models like Claude 3.7 Sonnet and OpenAI's upcoming releases.
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