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Markets2026-07-21 · source-backed
Boston-based Neo raised $100M in combined seed and Series A from a16z, Bessemer, Craft Ventures, and Merlin Ventures to help teams "see, review, and control AI-enabled software," while Empirical Security raised $25M Series A led by Brightmind Partners. A $100M seed-plus-A is an unusual structure, and it signals investors treating AI application security as a land grab where the winner needs enterprise distribution immediately rather than iteration time. This is the counterweight to vibe-coded internal tools: the same shift letting ops teams replace SaaS in days is creating a review surface nobody owns.
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Zendesk uses SaaS / Shared entity: SaaS / Earlier coverage
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