Terra Security Secures $8M in Funding to Expand its Agentic AI Pen Testing Solution

Terra Security, an Agentic AI-native penetration testing service-as-a-software platform, announced it raised $8M in a recent seed round, enabling the company to advance its platform, expand its AI agents’ capabilities, and grow its customer base.

The funding round was led by SYN Ventures and FXP Ventures with participation from Underscore VC and notable angel investors including former Google CISO Gerhard Eschelback, Ofer Ben-Noon and Ohad Bobrov, founders of Talon Security, Travis McPeak, and Itamar Friedman.

Designed to think like a white hat hacker, Terra’s agentic AI platform conducts continuous web application pen testing, according to the company.

Powered by dozens of fine-tuned AI agents, each tailored to a client’s unique environment, Terra’s agents adapt in real time based on unique business contexts and risks. When new vulnerabilities surface, its agents autonomously launch precise tests, guided by human experts through a human-in-the-loop mechanism for maximum accuracy and reliability with AI.

Terra’s AI-enabled service brings the combination of the accuracy and depth of skilled human testers with the scale and efficiency of automated solutions.

As Terra grows, it plans to introduce an agentic AI red teaming solution to its platform as well as expand to cover organizations’ entire network security, the company said.

“In the grand scheme of cybersecurity, ethical hacking has long been underutilized due to its inefficiencies and human dependencies, but we now have the opportunity to bring ethical hacking center stage and beat adversaries at their own arena,” said Shahar Peled, CEO and co-founder of Terra. “We strongly believe that our platform will transform the narrative around pen testing and ethical hacking by infusing accuracy, efficiency, business context, and continuous pen-testing via agentic AI. No longer will pen-testing simply be viewed as an item on a compliance checklist, but as the most effective security capability of a robust security posture. We are grateful for all the support and guidance we’ve received from our investors, partners, and customers, and look forward to the journey ahead.”

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