AI phishing is becoming a serious startup battleground

Generative AI is making phishing cheaper, faster, and more convincing. That creates a new problem for security teams.

What happened

A cybersecurity founder raised $28M to build tools against AI-powered phishing.

The company is targeting a threat landscape where attackers can use AI to personalise messages and scale social engineering.

Why it matters

Traditional phishing defences may not be enough when attacks become more realistic and adaptive.

The bigger picture

AI is changing both sides of cybersecurity. Attackers get better tools, and defenders need smarter systems for identity, behaviour, and anomaly detection.