funding_articleConfidence: high
Announcing our $7.4m seed fundraising
$7.4M seed led by a16z with WndrCo and angels; AI operating system for security teams.
Affected score: noObserved: May 20, 2026Round: seedAmount: $7.4m
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Cotool
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Investor read
Evidence-bound summary — expand sections for movement, risks, and signals.
Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 6:11 PM
Worth a meetingEvidence-bound analyst verdict
- •Funding: Raised $14.8M across 1 funding round. Latest: $7.4M Seed (Mar 2026). Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, WndrCo, Y Combinator.
- •Named backers in indexed sources: angels, Andreessen Horowitz, WndrCo, Y Combinator.
- •Product/news: 9 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings
What would change this read
- →Open roles appearing would signal burn capacity and growth intent.
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TL;DR
SeedCotool AI agents for security operations teams.
Funding
Raised $14.8M across 1 funding round. Latest: $7.4M Seed (Mar 2026). Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, WndrCo, Y Combinator. (High).
Quick read
- •Cotool AI agents for security operations teams.
- •Reported angle: Cotool - AI for the blue team.
Key signals
Funding
Raised $14.8M across 1 funding round. Latest: $7.4M Seed (Mar 2026). Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, WndrCo, Y Combinator. (High).
Product / news
9 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).
Evidence summary
Verified facts
- •Cotool AI agents for security operations teams.
- •Reported angle: Cotool - AI for the blue team.
Recent movers
- •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — Cotool - AI for the blue team.
- •May 20, 2026 · cotool.ai — Announcing our $7.4m seed fundraising
- •May 20, 2026 · axios.com — Cotool raises a $7.4M seed led by a16z
- •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — Cotool - AI for the blue team.
- •May 20, 2026 · cotool.ai — Announcing our $7.4m seed fundraising
- •May 20, 2026 · axios.com — Cotool raises a $7.4M seed led by a16z
- •angels
- •Andreessen Horowitz
- •WndrCo
- •Y Combinator
Suggested next steps
- ▸Open a founder conversation this month; validate traction claims against the indexed evidence.
- ▸Add to the active watchlist so new signals trigger alerts.
Funding & hiring signals
Open roles (indexed)
No open roles indexed yet.
Public index
192Activity 77/100Elevated public activity signal
7D+5 (+2.7%)
30D+67 (+53.6%)
Needs Review
The index price and activity score are algorithmic estimates based on observed public company-level signals. They may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and are not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.
Source health
- githubokLast checked Mon, Jun 29, 03:15 AM
- public_market_enrichmentokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blog_security-without-the-spectacleokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blog_evaluating-gpt-5-1-claude-opus-4-5-and-gemini-3-pro-ai-agents-in-security-operationsokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blog_evaluating-gpt-5-1-claude-opus-4-5-and-gemini-3-pro-ai-agents-inokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blog_context-managementokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blog_case-study-eliseaiokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blog_beyond-ctfs-evaluating-ai-agents-on-real-intrusion-dataokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blog_announcing-our-seed-roundokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blog_agents-as-softwareokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM
- public_page:_blogokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM
- public_page:_aboutokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM
- public_page:_okLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM
- public_page:homeokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM
Public source summary
- Total evidence rows
- 15
- Latest evidence
- Thu, Jul 2, 03:27 PM
Source types found
about_pageblogcompany_sitefunding_articlegithubotherpress
Strongest / recent news-style rows
- Cotool - AI for the blue team.
About page · Thu, Jul 2, 03:27 PM · confidence 90%high quality
- Announcing our $7.4m seed fundraising
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · confidence 88%high quality
- Cotool raises a $7.4M seed led by a16z
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · confidence 85%high quality
Public signal timeline
Newest first · 15 event(s)
1
Thu, Jul 2, 03:27 PM · blog · 90% · publichigh qualityCotool - AI for the blue team.
Source ↗Source: Blog
Scale detection, response, and threat hunting beyond headcount. Build AI agents across your entire security stack. Improve coverage, cut MTTR, and eliminate manual & repetitive security work.
2
Thu, Jul 2, 03:27 PM · about_page · 90% · publichigh qualityCotool - AI for the blue team.
Source ↗Source: About page
Scale detection, response, and threat hunting beyond headcount. Build AI agents across your entire security stack. Improve coverage, cut MTTR, and eliminate manual & repetitive security work.
3
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · funding_article · 88% · verified_publichigh qualityAnnouncing our $7.4m seed fundraising
Source ↗$7.4M seed led by a16z with WndrCo and angels; AI operating system for security teams.
4
5
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · press · 85% · verified_publichigh qualityCotool raises a $7.4M seed led by a16z
Source ↗Axios Pro coverage of agentic security seed round.
6
Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh qualityCotool - AI for the blue team.
Source ↗Source: Blog / news
Why would anyone want to start an AI security company?
7
Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh qualityCotool - AI for the blue team.
Source ↗Source: Blog / news
We benchmarked frontier AI models on realistic security operations (SecOps) tasks using Cotool’s agent harness and the Splunk BOTSv3 dataset. GPT-5 achieved the highest accuracy (63%), while Claude Haiku-4.5 completed tasks the fastest with strong accuracy. G…
8
Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh qualityCotool - AI for the blue team.
Source ↗Source: Blog / news
Which frontier model should you use for SecOps automation? We added the latest cohort of frontier models to our benchmark to find out.
9
Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh qualityCotool - AI for the blue team.
Source ↗Source: Blog / news
How we are solving the LLM Security Data problem
10
Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh qualityCotool - AI for the blue team.
Source ↗Source: Blog / news
How EliseAI uses Cotool to automate investigations, expand detection coverage, and defend customer data across housing and healthcare
11
Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh qualityCotool - AI for the blue team.
Source ↗Source: Blog / news
We benchmarked frontier models on a real macOS infostealer intrusion. This is not a CTF, which tend to test narrow, artificial scenarios. Tasks spanned incident response, threat hunting, and detection engineering.
12
Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh qualityCotool - AI for the blue team.
Source ↗Source: Blog / news
What does security look like in a world where intelligence is everywhere?
13
15
Official / company site
1 row(s)
The company's own site — the authoritative description of what they sell and to whom. Marketing-controlled, so treat claims as positioning rather than verified traction.
company_site·Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
CotoolAI agents for security operations teams.
Why it matters: Primary source — the company's own positioning; best read for what they sell and to whom, not for traction claims.
Open source ↗News
4 row(s)
Third-party press coverage. Independent reporting corroborates company claims; repeated coverage across outlets is a momentum signal.
about_page·Thu, Jul 2, 03:27 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Cotool - AI for the blue team.Scale detection, response, and threat hunting beyond headcount. Build AI agents across your entire security stack. Improve coverage, cut MTTR, and eliminate manual & repetitive security work.
Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.
Open source ↗press·Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Cotool raises a $7.4M seed led by a16zAxios Pro coverage of agentic security seed round.
Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.
Open source ↗other·Mon, Jun 29, 03:15 AM·Confidence 50%low qualitypublic
CottonWhy it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.
Open source ↗other·Mon, Jun 29, 03:15 AM·Confidence 50%low qualitypublic
Marion CotillardWhy it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.
Open source ↗Funding / news
1 row(s)
Funding announcements and investor-database records. The strongest public signal of capitalization: round, amount, and syndicate quality when disclosed.
funding_article·Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM·Confidence 88%high qualityverified_public
Announcing our $7.4m seed fundraising$7.4M seed led by a16z with WndrCo and angels; AI operating system for security teams.
Why it matters: Funding signal — Seed per this source; verify against the linked original before relying on it.
Open source ↗GitHub
1 row(s)
Public engineering activity. Sustained commits, releases, and stars indicate real product development and, for dev tools, developer adoption.
github·Mon, Jun 29, 03:15 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
cotoolcoto provide some useful tool for web server
Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.
Open source ↗Blog
8 row(s)
Company blog and newsletters. Shipping cadence and technical depth of posts hint at product velocity and team quality.
blog·Thu, Jul 2, 03:27 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Cotool - AI for the blue team.Scale detection, response, and threat hunting beyond headcount. Build AI agents across your entire security stack. Improve coverage, cut MTTR, and eliminate manual & repetitive security work.
Why it matters: Company publishing — post cadence and depth hint at product velocity.
Open source ↗blog·Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Cotool - AI for the blue team.Why would anyone want to start an AI security company?
Why it matters: Company publishing — post cadence and depth hint at product velocity.
Open source ↗blog·Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Cotool - AI for the blue team.We benchmarked frontier AI models on realistic security operations (SecOps) tasks using Cotool’s agent harness and the Splunk BOTSv3 dataset. GPT-5 achieved the highest accuracy (63%), while Claude Haiku-4.5 completed tasks the fastest with strong accuracy. G…
Why it matters: Company publishing — post cadence and depth hint at product velocity.
Open source ↗blog·Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Cotool - AI for the blue team.Which frontier model should you use for SecOps automation? We added the latest cohort of frontier models to our benchmark to find out.
Why it matters: Company publishing — post cadence and depth hint at product velocity.
Open source ↗blog·Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Cotool - AI for the blue team.How we are solving the LLM Security Data problem
Why it matters: Company publishing — post cadence and depth hint at product velocity.
Open source ↗blog·Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Cotool - AI for the blue team.How EliseAI uses Cotool to automate investigations, expand detection coverage, and defend customer data across housing and healthcare
Why it matters: Company publishing — post cadence and depth hint at product velocity.
Open source ↗blog·Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Cotool - AI for the blue team.We benchmarked frontier models on a real macOS infostealer intrusion. This is not a CTF, which tend to test narrow, artificial scenarios. Tasks spanned incident response, threat hunting, and detection engineering.
Why it matters: Company publishing — post cadence and depth hint at product velocity.
Open source ↗blog·Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Cotool - AI for the blue team.What does security look like in a world where intelligence is everywhere?
Why it matters: Company publishing — post cadence and depth hint at product velocity.
Open source ↗Private workspace
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