Gambit Security Emerges with $61M for AI Resilience
Gambit Security has emerged from stealth with $61 million in funding to build an 'AI-native enterprise resilience platform.' The company is focused on fusing agentic AI with cyber-physical security for critical infrastructure, a sign that investors are betting big on platforms that can defend and manage complex autonomous systems in sectors like defense and logistics.
The founding team of CEO Alon Gromakov, CPO Sa'ar Elias, and CTO May Kogan are all decorated veterans of the Israeli Defense Force's elite Unit 8200. Before starting Gambit, the trio were also among the first employees at cybersecurity startup Sentra, bringing experience in scaling a company from the ground up. The $61 million investment combines both Seed and Series A rounds, raised in under 12 months from notable VCs including Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, and Cyberstarts. This rapid funding cycle signals strong investor conviction in the team and their approach to a complex, high-stakes market. Gambit's core thesis is that a prevention-only security posture is an "unwinnable arms race." Their platform shifts the focus to verifiable resilience, continuously mapping and testing recovery pathways across both cloud and on-premise systems, a critical need given that their analysis shows only 5% of enterprise systems are truly resilient to ransomware. Coinciding with its launch, Gambit released research detailing a major breach of the Mexican government, reportedly orchestrated by a single actor using generative AI like Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's GPT-4.1 to automate the attack. This highlights the emerging threat of AI-driven offensive cyber operations, which demands an equally sophisticated AI-based defense. This focus on autonomous systems mirrors trends in the defense hardware space. Shield AI's Hivemind, an AI pilot, recently completed its first flight
