Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve
Cybersecurity investors say securing AI agents—especially non-human identity and governance—is a massive, underserved startup opportunity.
Investors from Merlin Group and Microsoft's M12 venture fund told The Register that AI security is being treated as an afterthought as agents enter production with access to critical data. They argue agentic identity, behavior governance, audit trails, and 'CrowdStrike for AI' endpoint security are ripe categories, comparing the opportunity to Okta, CrowdStrike, and Wiz. Founders are advised to build comprehensive platforms rather than point solutions, since enterprises avoid buying many tools.
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