Two Israeli Cyber Startups Secure $57M to Redefine AI-Driven Security

28 July, 2025

BlinkOps develops AI-based Micro Agents that autonomously handle security tasks, while Tonic uses AI to bring clarity to the threat landscape. Both startups reflect emerging trends in the cybersecurity space

[Image: BlinkOps Team. Credit: BlinkOps]

Two Israeli cybersecurity companies, BlinkOps and Tonic Security, announced significant fundraising rounds today (Monday), underscoring the rising demand for intelligent, AI-powered security technologies. BlinkOps raised $50 million to advance a new category of “Security Micro Agents,” while Tonic emerged from stealth with a $7 million seed round and an AI platform that streamlines vulnerability and threat management for organizations.

Smart Agents That Assist Security Teams

Founded in 2021 by Gil Barak and Zion Zatlawi, BlinkOps completed a $50 million Series B round led by O.G. Venture Partners, with participation from Vertex Growth, Hetz Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round brings BlinkOps’ total funding to $90 million, following the success of its No-Code Micro Agent Builder platform, launched earlier this year.

BlinkOps’ technology allows security teams to build and deploy lightweight, purpose-built Micro Agents—software modules that autonomously handle targeted tasks such as access control, incident response, investigations, patching vulnerabilities, and endpoint management. These agents can operate independently or as coordinated swarms and are supported by a massive library of over 30,000 integrations and 10,000 automation templates.

The platform is already in use by dozens of Fortune 500 companies. CEO Gil Barak reports such strong demand that the company accelerated its funding timeline to rapidly expand its infrastructure and support capabilities. BlinkOps currently employs around 100 people, split between Israel and the U.S., and plans to use the new capital to enhance its AI capabilities, hire more talent, and build out its global infrastructure.

AI That Brings Clarity to the Threat Landscape

Tonic Security, an Israeli startup founded in 2024, has officially launched with a $7 million seed round led by Hetz Ventures, alongside Vesey Ventures and several private investors.

Based in Tel Aviv, the company is developing an AI-driven Exposure Management platform that helps security teams intelligently detect and prioritize threats based on business context. Built on Data Fabric architecture and Agentic AI, Tonic’s system integrates data from dozens of internal and external sources to map an organization’s critical assets, reduce thousands of findings to only the few hundred that matter, and rank them by business impact. This approach addresses one of today’s biggest cybersecurity challenges: overwhelming volumes of context-less alerts that hinder effective response.

Tonic was founded by three alumni of Unit 8200 and Sygnia—Sharon Yitzhaki (CEO), David Vershavski (CPO), and Greg Einbinder (CTO)—all veterans of managing some of the world’s most complex cyber incidents. Early customers, including U.S. institutions like the Senate Bank, report up to a 90% reduction in exposure workload, 50% faster response times, and significant savings in analyst hours. The funding will help Tonic deepen its R&D, expand market presence, and build strategic partnerships with enterprise clients.

[Founder of Tonic. Photo: Michael Giladi]

Israeli Cybersecurity at the Forefront of New Security Trends

The funding rounds for BlinkOps and Tonic highlight key shifts in the cybersecurity landscape: the transition from static systems to automation and AI-based solutions, and a growing demand for modular, context-aware, and customizable tools. Both companies offer innovative approaches to protecting organizations—one through AI-powered micro agents deployed in the field, the other through data analysis and business-contextual threat management. Together, they reinforce Israel’s role as a central player in the next wave of cybersecurity innovation.

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