Corma Raises $60 Million to Build Defensive AI Model

Frontier AI lab Corma raised $60 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Coatue Management, L.L.C. The company is developing the first foundation model purpose-built for defensive cybersecurity to address a growing imbalance between AI-driven offensive and defensive capabilities.

Research from the lab indicates that AI attackers succeeded in simulations 88% of the time, while AI defenders detected only 12% of those attacks. Since launching six weeks ago, Corma has deployed its AI workforce across Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 organizations in the healthcare, financial services, and critical infrastructure sectors, reportedly reducing threat response times by over 94%.

Company leadership and investors emphasize the urgency of the shift. CEO Alon Pluda noted that AI-powered attacks operate at a speed and sophistication that human teams and general-purpose AI cannot match. Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures added that the rise of autonomous and scalable cyberattacks extends the risk beyond data and finances to national security and essential services.