Discern Security announced $13 million in Series A funding led by Forgepoint Capital. The round included participation from First Rays Ventures, Growth Enjin Partners, Vela Ventures, and other angel investors.
The funding will accelerate development of the Discern Security Loop, an agentic platform that helps organizations continuously evaluate and improve existing security controls. Discern provides an AI-native security workspace that unifies data across an organization’s environment to power the platform.
By combining reusable AI Skills, intelligent agents, and human-approved workflows, the platform identifies control gaps, prioritizes remediation based on business context, and coordinates action across security, IT, and compliance teams. Discern said each completed cycle strengthens security posture while giving leaders measurable evidence of improvement over time.
The company said customers typically use less than 25% of the features of the security products they buy. Discern said its agentic loops can at least double tool utilization for customers.
With the new funding, Discern plans to grow its engineering and product teams and expand its library of AI Skills and autonomous capabilities.
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Our data shows that customers use less than 25% of the features of the security products they buy. With our agentic loops, we can at least double tool utilization for our customers.
Sai Venkataraman, Founder and CEO of Discern Security
AI can significantly improve security posture by closing control gaps with existing tools, but doing so requires a deep understanding of the organization’s environment, business context, and security stack. Discern brings that understanding into an AI-powered workspace that helps users investigate, act, and continuously improve security.
Rey Kirton, Partner at Forgepoint Capital
