Torq, an agentic AI-focused security operations company, said it has raised $140 million in a Series D financing at a $1.2 billion valuation, bringing its total funding to $332 million. The round was led by Merlin Ventures with participation from existing investors Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Ventures Partners, and Greenfield Partners.
The company positions the funding as a bet on AI agents reshaping the security operations center, arguing enterprises are moving beyond legacy SOAR and SIEM approaches toward more autonomous workflows. Torq said the capital will be used to accelerate adoption of its Torq AI SOC Platform, which it describes as an end-to-end system focused on hyperautomation, alert triage, and analyst fatigue reduction.
Torq also said it is stepping up its push into the U.S. federal and public sector market, citing its partnership with Merlin Ventures and the need to navigate government compliance requirements such as FedRAMP. The company said the effort is intended to expand deployments beyond large enterprises into government agencies and critical infrastructure environments.
Torq attributed its recent growth to what it called “bottom-up” adoption of its AI agents, which it said are designed for self-service deployment rather than lengthy professional services engagements. The company said its AI agents are used in Fortune 500 security operations to automate tasks ranging from investigation to response, and claimed they handle millions of security tasks autonomously across its customer base.
The company said it now serves hundreds of multinational enterprises and listed customers, including Marriott, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Uber, and Virgin Atlantic. Torq also pointed to its acquisition of RevRod as a contributor to its multi-agent security capabilities, and said its product roadmap aims to automate low-fidelity alert triage while reserving human analyst attention for confirmed, high-impact threats.
KEY QUOTES:
“Torq is redefining security operations. They’ve fused automation and human judgment into a new AI SOC Platform built for asymmetric threats and real-world scale. This is why Merlin is leading the investment. Our focus now is speed—accelerating go-to-market, expanding across commercial and government markets, and building the next global category leader in AI security operations.”
Shay Michel, Managing Partner, Merlin Ventures
“This funding accelerates our mission to define and dominate the AI SOC market. We are moving far beyond the constraints of legacy SOAR and SIEM, harnessing the Agentic AI Era to deliver outcomes our customers rely on. Global enterprise adoption of our AI SOC Platform has validated our vision for the future of security operations. We have achieved tremendous revenue growth, with Fortune 100 customers adopting our AI Agents in their SOCs for everything from investigation to response. Our partnership with Merlin Ventures is the definitive signal that Torq is now ready to scale this massive customer success into the high-stakes Federal and Public Sector markets.”
Ofer Smadari, CEO and Co-Founder, Torq
“Torq delivers fast, measurable value to Valvoline’s SOC and eliminates the manual tasks that once consumed our analysts’ time. Within 48 hours of deployment, our team was using Torq’s AI SOC Platform for automating phishing triage, accelerating alert handling, and reducing response times across the board. The results were transformative. Analysts reclaimed hours of time, containment actions became automatic, and the security team evolved from reactive responders to proactive strategists. Torq took the vision that was in our heads and actually put it into practice. My team is in love with Torq.”
Corey Kaemming, CISO, Valvoline
“We’re always innovating our security operations approach at Virgin Atlantic and the Torq AI SOC Platform is driving significant benefits for us. Today, innovation stems from an AI-first approach, which Torq excels at. Torq is making our security operations simpler and more efficient, and providing us with complete coverage across our security stack. Torq is now our umbrella platform.”
John White, CISO, Virgin Atlantic
