Deep Instinct
American cybersecurity company
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Deep Instinct is a cybersecurity company that applies deep learning to cybersecurity. The company implements artificial intelligence to the task of preventing and detecting malware.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The company was the recipient of the Technology Pioneer by The World Economic Forum in 2017.[7]
Dr. Eli David
Nadav Maman
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cybersecurity |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founder | Guy Caspi Dr. Eli David Nadav Maman |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | North America, APAC, EMEA, Japan |
Key people | Guy Caspi (CEO) Dr. Eli David Nadav Maman |
| Website | www |
Lane Bess has been CEO of the company since 2022.[8]
Overview
In 2015,[9] Deep Instinct was founded by Guy Caspi, Dr. Eli David, and Nadav Maman.[10][11] The headquarters of the company is located in New York City.
In July 2017, NVIDIA became an investor.[12] According to Tom's Hardware, NVIDIA’s investment enabled access to a GPU-based neural network and CUDA platform, which they were using to achieve maximum vulnerability detection rates.[13] As of February 2020, the company had raised $43 million in Series C funding round.[14]
In April 2021, Deep Instinct raised $100 million in Series D funding to accelerate growth.[15][16]
Partnerships
In April 2019, Deep Instinct partnered with Chinese artist, Guo O. Dong on an art project titled, The Persistence of Chaos, consisting of a laptop infected with 6 pieces of malware that represented $95 billion in damages.[17] The art was auctioned with a final bid of $1,345,000.[18][17] In the same year, Globes reported that, HP Inc partnered with Deep Instinct to launch their security solution HP SureSense, which has been applied to the EliteBook and Zbook devices.[19]