Just two years into its existence, French cybersecurity startup Filigran has completed a $35 million Series B funding round that it will use to accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence across its products.
This round, led by Insight Partners with continued support from Accel and Moonfire, comes just months after Filigran’s $16 million Series A. With this new funding, Filigran plans to accelerate its global expansion, particularly in the United States and Pacific regions.
According to co-founder and CEO Samuel Hassine, Filigran's solutions address a pressing need in cybersecurity: the ability to utilize and operationalize vast amounts of threat intelligence data for real-time insights. The addition of AI-powered offerings is making Filigran's cyber threat intelligence (CTI) more proactive, scalable, and accessible, he said.
"The focus is really to embed more AI within our products," Hassine said.
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Hassine co-founded Filigran in 2022 with Julien Richard. Both Hassine and Richard have careers spanning over 15 years in cybersecurity and data engineering. Hassine previously held senior roles in cybersecurity strategy and threat intelligence, while Richard has a background in data engineering and AI. See more on their background here:
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The pair leveraged an open-source project they had developed. While the products have evolved, open source remains at the core and has been an essential part of the company's rapid growth, Hassine said.
