Neo (Neo Security)
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About
Neo is a Boston-based cybersecurity company building an agentic software control platform for enterprises, giving security operations teams inventory, posture intelligence, attribution, and policy control over AI agents, AI-enabled applications, browsers, identities, and traditional software with newly introduced agentic capabilities 12. The company emerged from stealth on 2026-07-20 with $100 million in combined funding and was founded by former SentinelOne, Wiz, and Palo Alto Networks executives, including CEO Nick Warner (previously President of Go-to-Market at SentinelOne) 123.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | Series A | $100M | Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners | Craft Ventures, Merlin Ventures 12 |
Third-party reporting describes the financing as a $75M Series A stacked on top of a previously undisclosed $25M seed round completed in 2025; the company’s own press release aggregates the two into “$100M in funding” 3.
What Investors Say
“Organizations need visibility into what this software can do and the ability to govern its behavior.”
— Zane Lackey, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz 2
“Vision is important, but execution will determine the companies that define this next era of security.”
— Elliott Robinson, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners 2
“Neo is building the real-time control layer enterprises need to understand, govern, and secure agentic software.”
— Michael Robinson, Partner, Craft Ventures 2
What Founders Say
“Enterprise security was built for a world where software behaved predictably. That world is changing fast.”
Sources
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“Neo Launches with $100M to Secure AI Software Across the Enterprise,” GlobeNewswire, July 20, 2026. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/20/3329638/0/en/Neo-Launches-with-100M-to-Secure-AI-Software-Across-the-Enterprise.html↩↩↩↩
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“Neo Launches With $100M for AI Software Security,” Neo company blog, July 20, 2026. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://www.neo.ai/news/neo-launches-100m↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“SentinelOne veterans raise $100 million to secure the rise of AI agents,” Calcalist / Ctech, July 2026. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bjey6uinfg↩↩