Andesite AI raises $23M as it brings is bionic Security Operations Center to market – News

Cybersecurity operations startup Andesite AI Inc. today announced that it has raised $23 million in new funding.

The company als announced the general availability of its bionic Security Operations Center, a human-artificial intelligence collaboration product that empowers cyber defense teams.

Founded in 2023, Andesite seeks to address the issue wherein, despite cybersecurity spending ballooning, security teams are drowning in alerts and struggle to interpret, prioritize and act on never-ending indicators while bouncing between fragmented tools and portals. Andesite argues that SOC leaders struggle to prove return on investment on ever-growing spending, while the rise of AI-powered threats raises concerns over teams being able to meet the challenge.

Andesite’s new bionic SOC addresses these issues through a human-AI collaboration for cybersecurity that elevates human insights and allows SOC teams to shift from reactively triaging alerts to proactively hunting threats in their networks.

The company’s offering connects data silos, platforms and tools across a SOC’s ecosystem to deliver analysts the context and visibility they need to make informed decisions in an actionable output. Doing so accelerates investigations and transforms security outcomes by empowering those who protect others to more effectively safeguard their organizations’ assets, people, and customers.

“At Andesite, we recognize that an organization’s competitive advantage lies in unleashing the full potential of its people,” said co-founder and Chief Executive Brian Carbaugh. “Security analysts are irreplaceable: their intuitive pattern recognition, creative thinking and ability to turn insights into action are crucial. Our promise to them is clear: Your expertise will be amplified. You will be focused on what matters. Your potential will be unleashed.”

Key features of Andesite’s bionic SOC include context-aware AI that unifies scattered data silos. That provides analysts with actionable insights and evidentiary AI that ensures full visibility and auditability of machine-assisted decisions. The service offers adaptive automation that streamlines workflows from threat intelligence to automated response, optimizing security operations while keeping analysts focused on high-priority threats.

Bionic SOC also uses safe AI architecture that ensures that sensitive data remains within predefined boundaries and is not used to train external AI models, giving organizations confidence in their security. Additionally, built-in enterprise-ready compliance with standards like SOC2 Type I and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework enables seamless deployment in regulated environments.

“Andesite’s technology frees up analysts from toggling between tools and learning countless query languages, so they can focus on hunting down threat actors,” said Chief Product Officer William MacMillan. “Our vision for the SOC is a symbiotic relationship between humans and AI that elevates analysts of every skill level. For CISOs, this means not just better outcomes faster, but the ability to buy down more risk with the team they already have.”

The new venture capital funding came from General Catalyst Group Management and Red Cell Partners and will be used by Andesite to enhance its bionic SOC platform, expand into key industries and scale its go-to-market efforts.

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