Sequoia, Khosla and Coatue Put $60M Into Corma, a Foundation Model Trained to Be the Security Team
Sequoia published its investment memo on August 10 for Corma, founded by CEO Alon Pluda, which trains a foundation model for defensive cybersecurity using large-scale reinforcement learning across environments that replicate real enterprise networks, then deploys it as an agentic 'Security Workforce' spanning security operations, cloud and network security roles. The pitch datum: at one customer, Corma's agent detected and contained an active attacker campaign the human security team had missed for 52 days. Tech Startups' August 10 funding roundup puts the round at a $60M seed co-led by Sequoia, Khosla Ventures and Coatue — a seed sized like a Series B, aimed not at selling security software but at selling the headcount that operates it.
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