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Markets2026-07-25 · source-backed
Neo launched July 20 with $100M from a16z and Bessemer plus Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures, built by former SentinelOne, Wiz and Palo Alto operators. It sells SecOps teams inventory, attribution and policy control over agents, AI-enabled apps, browsers and identities, treating agentic software as a distinct asset class. The number the whole category is priced against is Gartner's: 5% of enterprise applications had agentic capabilities in 2025, projected to hit 40% by end of 2026. Whether or not that projection lands, $100M says the security tooling fork is happening.
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Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Both cover Bessemer, Craft Ventures, Merlin Ventures; overlapping topics (a16z, ai-enabled, application, category, control); earlier Bessemer coverage from 2026-07-21.
Shared entity: July / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Both cover July; overlapping topics (against, agent, apps, sell); earlier July coverage from 2026-07-22.
Check Point partners with SentinelOne / Shared topic
Linked by a graph relationship (Check Point partners with SentinelOne); overlapping topics (agent, control).
Shared entity: July / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension / Downstream implication
Both cover July; overlapping topics (against, agent); earlier July coverage from 2026-07-22.
Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Both cover July, Whether; overlapping topics (agent, category); earlier July coverage from 2026-07-11.
Both cover Gartner, July; overlapping topics (agent, agentic); earlier Gartner coverage from 2026-07-07.
Shared entity: July / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Both cover July; overlapping topics (against, agent, control); earlier July coverage from 2026-07-13.
Shared entity: Palo Alto / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Both cover Palo Alto; overlapping topics (against, agent, alto); earlier Palo Alto coverage from 2026-03-15.