{"id":177095,"date":"2026-01-12T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/torq-raises-140m-for-agentic-ai-powered-cybersecurity-platform\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:30:11","slug":"torq-raises-140m-for-agentic-ai-powered-cybersecurity-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/torq-raises-140m-for-agentic-ai-powered-cybersecurity-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Torq Raises $140M for Agentic AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

Torq Raises $140M for Agentic AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platform<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-01-12 16:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. Torq raised $140 million in a Series D funding round to accelerate the adoption of its security operations center (SOC) platform for global enterprises and government agencies.<\/p>\n

The Torq AI SOC Platform uses artificial intelligence agents to manage security tasks, the company said in a Sunday (Jan. 11) press release.
\nTorq\u2019s latest funding round brings its total funding to $332 million, lifts its valuation to $1.2 billion, and provides it with support from cybersecurity fund Merlin Ventures, which led the round and can provide access to commercial and public sector markets in the United States, according to the release.
\n\u201cWe have achieved tremendous revenue growth, with Fortune 100 customers adopting our AI agents in their SOCs for everything from investigation to response,\u201d Torq CEO and co-founder Ofer Smadari said in the release. \u201cOur partnership with Merlin Ventures is the definitive signal that Torq is now ready to scale this massive customer success into the high-stakes federal and public sector markets.\u201d
\nThe Torq AI SOC Platform detects and responds to security events at scale, according to the release.
\nIts key features include AI agents that immediately triage low-fidelity alerts, allowing human analysts to focus on verified, high-impact threats, and a self-service agentic platform that enables customers to build their own agents with minimal effort, the release said.Advertisement: Scroll to Continue <\/p>\n

Merlin Ventures Managing Partner Shay Michel said in the release that Torq is redefining security operations by fusing automation and human judgment in a platform built for asymmetrical threats and real-world scale.
\n\u201cThis is why Merlin is leading the investment,\u201d Michel said. \u201cOur focus now is speed\u2014accelerating go-to-market, expanding across commercial and government markets, and building the next global category leader in AI security operations.\u201d
\nTorq raised $70 million in Series C funding in September 2024, saying it aimed to expand its AI-first cybersecurity hyperautomation solutions.
\nPYMNTS reported in July that a new generation of agentic AI-powered cybersecurity tools is emerging and providing threat prevention platforms that don\u2019t wait for alerts but seek out weak points in code, configurations or behavior and take defensive action automatically.
\nThe PYMNTS Intelligence report \u201cCOOs Leverage Gen AI to Reduce Data Security Losses\u201d found that 55% of chief operating officers use generative AI to improve data security.<\/p>\n

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