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Kevin Mandia’s Armadin Raises $255 Million at $2.5 Billion Valuation

SecurityWeekby Mike Lennon ()2 min read2 · 1 read
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Kevin Mandia's AI-native security startup Armadin raised $255.5 million Series B at a $2.5 billion-plus valuation, bringing total funding to $445 million.

Armadin, the agentic security company founded by Mandiant creator Kevin Mandia, raised $255.5 million in Series B funding co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures and Redpoint. The round values the Palo Alto company above $2.5 billion just seven months after its public launch with $189.9 million. Armadin's platform deploys AI agent swarms that probe attack surfaces and chain minor flaws into validated attack paths, and is already running production campaigns for Fortune 500 and government customers.

Key facts
  • Series B co-led by a16z and Accel; total raised now $445 million since March 2026 launch
  • Agentic platform chains minor weaknesses into validated attack paths from internet-facing entry points
  • August exercise with TENEX.ai ran 1,300 attacks with 26,000 agents and ~17 million offensive actions
  • Exercise produced 238 findings, 98 significant, chained into 38 validated attack paths
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