As the GenAI era moves from early adopters to the broader market, cybersecurity is the #1 issue companies are trying to deal with. This has guided our investments in the GenAI cybersecurity space, including Securiti and vijil.
I’m delighted to announce Mayfield is leading an oversubscribed $12.8M seed investment in Aurascape AI (a spin-out from our portfolio company Auradine). We are excited to partner with an exceptional team consisting of Rajiv Khemani, Liang Li, Patrick Xu, Barun K., Viswesh Ananthakrishnan, and Sanjay Gupta that has consistently turned bold ideas into industry-leading products that have generated over $10 billion in revenues. We are thrilled to have Mark McLaughlin, cybersecurity industry leader, and Celesta Capital as our co-investors.
Aurascape AI demonstrates our People-First, Market-Second philosophy and validates our thesis in Cognition-as-a-Service (CaaS) and the Cognitive plumbing layer of the AI stack.
Aurascape AI is a company that was “born in the GenAI age” and is reimagining cybersecurity for the generative AI era from the ground up. With patent-pending innovations at the intersection of AI and security, they are uniquely positioned to tackle the significant challenges posed by generative AI and multimodal data. We believe their solutions will be transformative in strengthening GenAI security as enterprises embrace an AI-powered digital future.
