In a major move to bridge the critical structural infrastructure gap impeding corporate AI transformation, cybersecurity leader Cyera has announced a $600 million funding round that quadruples its valuation to $12 billion over the last 18 months. Led by Evolution Equity Partners with participation from Cyberstarts, Temasek, and existing heavyweights like Accel and Blackstone, this round elevates Cyera’s total funding beyond $2 billion, positioning it as one of the world’s most valuable privately held security firms. The company’s growth is fueled by urgent market demands, as 68% of 2026 organizations struggle to differentiate between human and AI agent activities within their networks.
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By shipping over 100 new capabilities and executing five strategic acquisitions, Cyera has constructed an AI-native trust layer that handles exabytes of data to govern exactly what AI systems can see, learn from, and act upon without disrupting enterprise workflows. Emphasizing the necessity of this layer, “Our customers are some of the most sophisticated companies in the world. The one thing they all share is the urgency to lead AI transformation at a scale and speed the world has never seen. Trust is what makes that possible – knowing what your AI can see and do,” said Yotam Segev, co-founder and CEO of Cyera. “That’s the infrastructure layer the industry has been missing, and it’s what we’ve been building alongside our customers since day one. Cyera is that trust layer, and this funding is fuel to build it faster for every company trying to win in today’s agentic era.”
