Exein

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Location Rome, Italy
Latest Stage Growth
Total Raised €234M+
Website https://exein.io
Sector
cybersecurity ai iot robotics industrial deeptech

Investors

Balderton Capital growth (2026)

Founders

Gianni Cuozzo CEO & Founder
Gerardo Gagliardo CFO & Co-Founder
Giovanni Alberto Falcione CTO & Co-Founder

About

Exein is a Rome-based cybersecurity company building what it calls a Physical AI security platform, protecting intelligent machines — robots, drones, autonomous vehicles, and industrial systems that use AI to perceive, decide, and act in the physical world 123. The company operates across industrial automation, automotive, energy, healthcare, semiconductors, aerospace, and robotics; H1 2026 ARR grew roughly 4x year-over-year, and its network sees approximately 5,000 new non-repetitive attacks weekly 1. Exein was founded by Gianni Cuozzo (CEO), Gerardo Gagliardo (CFO), and Giovanni Alberto Falcione (CTO) 2.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-09-15 Growth €234M Headline Sofina, Goldman Sachs, European Investment Bank Group (ETCI), KfW Capital, T.Capital, Balderton, HV, Intrepid Growth Partners, 33N Ventures, Lakestar, Supernova Invest, Blue Cloud Ventures, Geodesic Capital 12

The 2026-09-15 growth round valued Exein at €1.4 billion ($1.7 billion), giving the company Italian unicorn status 13.

What Investors Say

No independently sourced investor quotes found in primary press for this round.

What Founders Say

“AI is moving out of the cloud and into the physical world, and this is the transition Exein was built for… Physical AI is the natural next step for Exein: we’re building machine-time security for machine-time attacks.” — Gianni Cuozzo, CEO 1

“The concept of Exein is that every device should be able to defend itself, regardless if they are connected to a secure network or not.” — Gianni Cuozzo, CEO 2

Sources

  1. EU-Startups, “Facing 5,000 new attacks weekly, Italy’s Exein raises €234 million for physical AI cybersecurity,” September 15, 2026, accessed September 16, 2026. https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/09/facing-5000-new-attacks-weekly-italys-exein-raises-e234-million-for-physical-ai-cybersecurity/↩↩↩↩↩

  2. TechCrunch, “New Italian unicorn Exein rides the physical AI wave,” September 15, 2026, accessed September 16, 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/new-italian-unicorn-exein-rides-the-physical-ai-wave/↩↩↩↩

  3. Exein company website, homepage announcement of $270M at $1.7B valuation, accessed September 16, 2026. https://exein.io/↩↩