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This past quarter, funding to security- and privacy-focused startups dipped slightly on a sequential basis, but remained well above year-ago levels. Overall, investors put $4.9 billion into global companies in the space in Q1, per Crunchbase data, a comparatively solid performance relative to recent quarters.
Read full articleJPMorgan AI spending has been reclassified from discretionary innovation to core infrastructure, placing it alongside data centers and cybersecurity in the bank’s budget. JPMorgan has reclassified JPMorgan AI investment as core infrastructure, treating its $2bn annual budget as non-negotiable as…
The Chief AI Council is identifying pain points for agencies to understand and avoid around everything from AI and cybersecurity to IT procurement and privacy.
So far in 2026, companies in sales, marketing and CRM categories have pulled in around $2.7 billion globally in seed- through growth-stage funding, per Crunchbase data.
The IMF called for treating cybersecurity as a core stability issue as new AI tools let even unskilled attackers breach critical infrastructure.
Security researchers at Mozilla say Anthropic's Mythos has unearthed a wealth of high-severity bugs in Firefox.
Crunchbase News interviews Kevin Tsang, managing director of Amex Ventures, about the firm’s investment thesis, the kinds of startups it aims to back, and how it works with founders to build and scale projects with a vision toward becoming a "global agentic concierge."
As agencies deploy AI across their missions, officials launching AI agents and cybersecurity officials need to work together, Palo Alto AI technologist shares.
Agencies are reevaluating technology deployments with an eye toward future savings and more flexibility, expecting more funding and business shifts in 2026.
