Ocean Raises $28M to Fight AI-Powered Phishing — Founder Went from Teen Hacker to Iron Dome Researcher

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Ocean, an agentic email security platform, raised $28M to combat AI-generated phishing attacks. The platform uses AI agents to analyze the full context of every incoming email to detect fraud and impersonation attempts, going beyond pattern matching to behavioral analysis. The founder's background spans teenage hacking, Iron Dome missile defense research, and cybersecurity — relevant given the CISA breach making security infrastructure a hot topic.