There’s a lot of talk about AI agents - but are they actually working? Today Cogent Security comes out of stealth with one of the most impactful use cases we’ve seen for AI agents: vulnerability management. Vulnerability management is a perfect example of work that AI agents can transform: it’s slow, repetitive, and reliant on fragmented data. Today, security teams spend hours manually gathering context and deciding how to respond. Cogent changes that. With Cogent’s AI taskforce, security teams have a team of expert AI agents that are working 24/7 to accelerate the entire VM lifecycle – from identifying top risks to autonomous remediation at scale. We at Greylock Partners are privileged to have partnered with Cogent at inception and to lead their $11M seed financing. There’s no better team to be going after this critical problem. Vineet Edupuganti, Geng Sng, and Thanos Baskous have cut their teeth in security and infrastructure over many years across Abnormal AI, Coinbase, and Blackstone and they’ve built one of the strongest Applied AI teams in cyber, and continue to grow - see careers page for more. In just eight months since founding, Cogent has secured millions of assets in Fortune 500 enterprises, testament to how critical this problem is for security teams. This is just the beginning of how cybersecurity can be reinvented with AI and Cogent plans on continuously pushing the boundary of the possible to help security teams leverage AI to protect their companies. Excited to be on this ambitious journey. cc. Saam Motamedi https://lnkd.in/eFySQbDk
Introducing Cogent: Greylock's Saam Motamedi & Corinne Riley Chat with CEO Vineet Edupuganti
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See a lot more on Cogent Security's website, including hearing from Vineet Edupuganti about today's announcement: https://www.cogent.security/
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Thanks for all the support over the last few months Corinne Marie Riley! We all appreciate it 🙌
What a rockstar team behind Cogent Security 💪
It has already been a blast getting to work with Vineet Edupuganti and Cogent Security -- this team is moving so fast
This is a perfect example of AI agents moving from slideware to serious impact—not just talking about automation, but actually giving security teams a chance to reclaim their weekends. Vulnerability management is exactly the kind of “rinse, lather, repeat” job AI should take on, and Cogent’s all-star team looks poised to raise the bar for the whole industry. For organizations seeking to extend this kind of automation and intelligence into other workflows—think seamless customer support, live data insights, and secure API-powered actions—https://www.chat-data.com/ bridges the gap. With robust integrations and compliance at its core, it’s a great way to keep your human experts focused on the big stuff, while the AI tackles the repetitive heavy lifting.
AI time! The real kind this time ;)
Dream team!
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3wLearn more about Cogent on Greylock's blog: https://greylock.com/portfolio-news/introducing-cogent-ai-agents-for-vulnerability-management/