Daylight

Daylight Raises $80 Million Series B to Scale AI-Native Security Operations Platform Aura

Israeli-American cybersecurity startup Daylight has closed an $80 million Series B round, bringing its total funding to $120 million. The round was led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives’ Growth Equity with participation from Okta Ventures, Bain Capital, Craft Ventures, Vintage Partners, and Maple Capital. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv, the company offers Aura, an AI-native platform that automates threat hunting, analysis, and containment while allowing flexible service models ranging from fully managed to co-managed operations. Aura also extends protection to AI platforms used by organizations, addressing risks such as prompt injection, risky MCPs, and rogue AI-driven activity. CEO Hagai Shapira emphasized that the agent-native model merges AI speed and scale with human judgment. The new capital will accelerate platform development, expand security and technology teams, and support growth in the US, EMEA, and APAC regions.