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Danny Karmon retweeted
When identical copies of a frontier AI model are assigned first as attacker, then as defender on the same enterprise network, the defender fails to find its own attack 78% of the time.
Across hundreds of engagements on a live enterprise network, our new research found that AI attackers established persistent backdoors in 85% of runs, while AI defenders detected only 19% of attacks on average. This held consistent across frontier model providers, including OpenAI and Anthropic.
The reason is structural. Offense rides on everything these models are optimized for: deep understanding of code and systems, finding bugs - and a vulnerability is just another kind of bug - and agentic tool use. Defense lives in logs, events, and telemetry. It demands finding a single malicious signal hidden among millions of normal ones, extreme consistency across thousands of decisions in sequence, and a kind of reasoning that general-purpose training does little to build. Increasingly capable general models just widen the gap - they don't close it.
Full research below ๐
Danny Karmon retweeted
Thanks @FortuneMagazine for capturing what we're building, and for highlighting why our mission to build superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity matters now more than ever: fortune.com/2026/08/10/excluโฆ
Excited to finally share what we've been building at Corma. Proud to be part of this incredible team - and we just got started ๐
Today we are announcing Corma, and our $60M seed round led by @sequoia.
@CormaAI is building foundation models toward superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity. We do that because general AI is becoming exponentially more capable in offensive security, while it hasn't been able to improve at the same rate in cyber defense - creating an inherent imbalance between attackers and defenders that otherwise cannot be addressed.
Recent events have shown that building frontier AI models for defensive cybersecurity is one of the crucial unsolved problems of the AI age - and solving it is the generational mission Corma was founded on.
Our foundation model has already far surpassed every general-purpose frontier model on defensive cybersecurity tasks, and we are committed to remaining the frontier of defensive cybersecurity intelligence.
Corma is already protecting Fortune 100 companies and some of the world's most important organizations, across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, retail, and more. This is just the beginning, as we see it as our calling to protect every organization in the world that needs frontier defense.
We are grateful to our partners @shaunmmaguire and @sonyatweetybird at @sequoia , @vkhosla at @khoslaventures , @DanRose999 at @coatuemgmt , and @Weiner_Lia at Netz Capital, who believed in our ability to lead the intelligence race in cybersecurity and make sure the defenders always win.
Danny Karmon retweeted
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ืขืื ืกืืืจืืืค ืืฉืจืืื ืืืฆื ื-Stealth ืขื ืืืืก Seed ืฉื 60 ืืืืืื ืืืืจ.ืืืชืืืื ืืืืืืฆืจ ืคื ืืืื ืืขื ืืื ืช ืืฉืืง ืฉืื ื.
ืืืืจื ืืื Corma, ืกืืืจืืืค ืืฉืจืืื ืฉื ืืกื ื-2025 ืืคืืขื ืืชื ืืืื ืืกื ืคืจื ืกืืกืงื. ืืืื ืืื ืืืืืขื ืขื ืืืืก ืฉื 60 ืืืืืื ืืืืจ ืืืืืืช Sequoia, ืืืืฉืชืชืคืืช Khosla Ventures ื-Coatue.
ืืื ืื ืฉืืขื ืืื ืคื ืืื ืื ืจืง ืืืื ืืกืืืื.
Today we are announcing Corma, and our $60M seed round led by @sequoia.
@CormaAI is building foundation models toward superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity. We do that because general AI is becoming exponentially more capable in offensive security, while it hasn't been able to improve at the same rate in cyber defense - creating an inherent imbalance between attackers and defenders that otherwise cannot be addressed.
Recent events have shown that building frontier AI models for defensive cybersecurity is one of the crucial unsolved problems of the AI age - and solving it is the generational mission Corma was founded on.
Our foundation model has already far surpassed every general-purpose frontier model on defensive cybersecurity tasks, and we are committed to remaining the frontier of defensive cybersecurity intelligence.
Corma is already protecting Fortune 100 companies and some of the world's most important organizations, across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, retail, and more. This is just the beginning, as we see it as our calling to protect every organization in the world that needs frontier defense.
We are grateful to our partners @shaunmmaguire and @sonyatweetybird at @sequoia , @vkhosla at @khoslaventures , @DanRose999 at @coatuemgmt , and @Weiner_Lia at Netz Capital, who believed in our ability to lead the intelligence race in cybersecurity and make sure the defenders always win.
Danny Karmon retweeted
This.
Today we are announcing Corma, and our $60M seed round led by @sequoia.
@CormaAI is building foundation models toward superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity. We do that because general AI is becoming exponentially more capable in offensive security, while it hasn't been able to improve at the same rate in cyber defense - creating an inherent imbalance between attackers and defenders that otherwise cannot be addressed.
Recent events have shown that building frontier AI models for defensive cybersecurity is one of the crucial unsolved problems of the AI age - and solving it is the generational mission Corma was founded on.
Our foundation model has already far surpassed every general-purpose frontier model on defensive cybersecurity tasks, and we are committed to remaining the frontier of defensive cybersecurity intelligence.
Corma is already protecting Fortune 100 companies and some of the world's most important organizations, across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, retail, and more. This is just the beginning, as we see it as our calling to protect every organization in the world that needs frontier defense.
We are grateful to our partners @shaunmmaguire and @sonyatweetybird at @sequoia , @vkhosla at @khoslaventures , @DanRose999 at @coatuemgmt , and @Weiner_Lia at Netz Capital, who believed in our ability to lead the intelligence race in cybersecurity and make sure the defenders always win.
Danny Karmon retweeted
ืืืืก ๐ฅ ืืกืืืจื-ืืค ืืืฉืจืืื @CormaAI ืฉืืคืชื ืืืืืื ืืืื ื ืืคื ื ืืชืงืคืืช ืกืืืืจ ืืืชืืฆืขืืช ืืืืฆืขืืช AI, ืืืืืข ืขื ืืืืก ืฉื $60 ื' ืืกืื ืกืื, ืืืืืืช ืกืงืืื. ืืืงื ืข"ื ืืืฆืื 8200 ื-DeepMind ืฉื ืืืื.
ืืื ืืืืกื ืืืืฉ ืืืืืกื: bit.ly/3c0WM8l
Danny Karmon retweeted
The AI arms race is transforming cybersecurity, and the advantage cannot belong to attackers.
Proud to back @AlonPluda and @CormaAI as they build foundation models purpose-built for defensive cybersecurity.
Today we are announcing Corma, and our $60M seed round led by @sequoia.
@CormaAI is building foundation models toward superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity. We do that because general AI is becoming exponentially more capable in offensive security, while it hasn't been able to improve at the same rate in cyber defense - creating an inherent imbalance between attackers and defenders that otherwise cannot be addressed.
Recent events have shown that building frontier AI models for defensive cybersecurity is one of the crucial unsolved problems of the AI age - and solving it is the generational mission Corma was founded on.
Our foundation model has already far surpassed every general-purpose frontier model on defensive cybersecurity tasks, and we are committed to remaining the frontier of defensive cybersecurity intelligence.
Corma is already protecting Fortune 100 companies and some of the world's most important organizations, across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, retail, and more. This is just the beginning, as we see it as our calling to protect every organization in the world that needs frontier defense.
We are grateful to our partners @shaunmmaguire and @sonyatweetybird at @sequoia , @vkhosla at @khoslaventures , @DanRose999 at @coatuemgmt , and @Weiner_Lia at Netz Capital, who believed in our ability to lead the intelligence race in cybersecurity and make sure the defenders always win.
Danny Karmon retweeted
Cybersecurity is the ultimate venue for real-world RL: 2p0s game, sim-able, clean reward signals
Cybersecurity in a year will be fought between swarms of good and bad playing an exceptionally fast, constantly evolving adversarial game of cat-and-mouse, running on the fastest and cheapest tokens possible.
With Mythos & GPT-6 rolling out, the stakes have never been higher to protect the good guys.
@CormaAI is building a foundation model for the good guys. LFG!
Today we are announcing Corma, and our $60M seed round led by @sequoia.
@CormaAI is building foundation models toward superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity. We do that because general AI is becoming exponentially more capable in offensive security, while it hasn't been able to improve at the same rate in cyber defense - creating an inherent imbalance between attackers and defenders that otherwise cannot be addressed.
Recent events have shown that building frontier AI models for defensive cybersecurity is one of the crucial unsolved problems of the AI age - and solving it is the generational mission Corma was founded on.
Our foundation model has already far surpassed every general-purpose frontier model on defensive cybersecurity tasks, and we are committed to remaining the frontier of defensive cybersecurity intelligence.
Corma is already protecting Fortune 100 companies and some of the world's most important organizations, across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, retail, and more. This is just the beginning, as we see it as our calling to protect every organization in the world that needs frontier defense.
We are grateful to our partners @shaunmmaguire and @sonyatweetybird at @sequoia , @vkhosla at @khoslaventures , @DanRose999 at @coatuemgmt , and @Weiner_Lia at Netz Capital, who believed in our ability to lead the intelligence race in cybersecurity and make sure the defenders always win.
Danny Karmon retweeted
We led @CormaAI's seed, following @vkhosla who saw its potential before us (and led the pre-seed)
@AlonPluda is a generational cyber talent -- I'm not saying this lightly -- and we're already seeing this play out with customers
Also, as a total aside, it has been fun to team w/ my partner @sonyatweetybird!
Two years ago we disagreed on almost everything and now we have a mind meld ๐คฃ
Danny Karmon retweeted
From secret message boards
To cancelling gym appointments
To jailbreaking onto the open internet
If the last few weeks taught us anything, it's that security is the next frontier of AI
@CormaAI is on the bleeding edge here, and it's finally out of stealth
You will hear A LOT MORE from this company... they've had some major wins over the last quarter
@sequoia is thrilled to lead this round, following @vkhosla who got there before us!
Working w/ my partners @sonyatweetybird, @jamesfly and @carl_eschenbach
Today we are announcing Corma, and our $60M seed round led by @sequoia.
@CormaAI is building foundation models toward superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity. We do that because general AI is becoming exponentially more capable in offensive security, while it hasn't been able to improve at the same rate in cyber defense - creating an inherent imbalance between attackers and defenders that otherwise cannot be addressed.
Recent events have shown that building frontier AI models for defensive cybersecurity is one of the crucial unsolved problems of the AI age - and solving it is the generational mission Corma was founded on.
Our foundation model has already far surpassed every general-purpose frontier model on defensive cybersecurity tasks, and we are committed to remaining the frontier of defensive cybersecurity intelligence.
Corma is already protecting Fortune 100 companies and some of the world's most important organizations, across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, retail, and more. This is just the beginning, as we see it as our calling to protect every organization in the world that needs frontier defense.
We are grateful to our partners @shaunmmaguire and @sonyatweetybird at @sequoia , @vkhosla at @khoslaventures , @DanRose999 at @coatuemgmt , and @Weiner_Lia at Netz Capital, who believed in our ability to lead the intelligence race in cybersecurity and make sure the defenders always win.
Danny Karmon retweeted
Corma raises $60 million Seed to build AI designed to fight AI-powered cyberattacks.
The Israeli startup argues that general-purpose AI models are becoming increasingly effective at attacking companies but remain poorly equipped to defend them.
calcalistech.com/ctechnews/aโฆ
Danny Karmon retweeted
This could not have come at a better timeโฆ
Today we are announcing Corma, and our $60M seed round led by @sequoia.
@CormaAI is building foundation models toward superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity. We do that because general AI is becoming exponentially more capable in offensive security, while it hasn't been able to improve at the same rate in cyber defense - creating an inherent imbalance between attackers and defenders that otherwise cannot be addressed.
Recent events have shown that building frontier AI models for defensive cybersecurity is one of the crucial unsolved problems of the AI age - and solving it is the generational mission Corma was founded on.
Our foundation model has already far surpassed every general-purpose frontier model on defensive cybersecurity tasks, and we are committed to remaining the frontier of defensive cybersecurity intelligence.
Corma is already protecting Fortune 100 companies and some of the world's most important organizations, across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, retail, and more. This is just the beginning, as we see it as our calling to protect every organization in the world that needs frontier defense.
We are grateful to our partners @shaunmmaguire and @sonyatweetybird at @sequoia , @vkhosla at @khoslaventures , @DanRose999 at @coatuemgmt , and @Weiner_Lia at Netz Capital, who believed in our ability to lead the intelligence race in cybersecurity and make sure the defenders always win.
Danny Karmon retweeted
ืืืจื ืืืฉื ืื ืืฃ: ืืืจืช Corma ืืืืกื ืกืื ืฉื 60 ืืืืืื ืืืืจ ืืกืงืืื ืืื ืืื ืืช ืืืื ืืกืืก ืืืืืื ืืืื ืช ืกืืืืจ.
ืืขืืื ืฉืืืืืื ืืืงืื ืืืื ืืชืงืืคื ืืืขืจืืืช, ืฆืจืื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืงืื ืืืื ืฉืืืขื ืืืื ืืื.
ืืฉืืืื ืฉื ืกืืืืจ ืAI ืืืฉืจืื ืคืฉืื ืื ืืคืกืืง ืืกืคืง ืืืจืืช ืืืงืืช ืืชืืื.
Today we are announcing Corma, and our $60M seed round led by @sequoia.
@CormaAI is building foundation models toward superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity. We do that because general AI is becoming exponentially more capable in offensive security, while it hasn't been able to improve at the same rate in cyber defense - creating an inherent imbalance between attackers and defenders that otherwise cannot be addressed.
Recent events have shown that building frontier AI models for defensive cybersecurity is one of the crucial unsolved problems of the AI age - and solving it is the generational mission Corma was founded on.
Our foundation model has already far surpassed every general-purpose frontier model on defensive cybersecurity tasks, and we are committed to remaining the frontier of defensive cybersecurity intelligence.
Corma is already protecting Fortune 100 companies and some of the world's most important organizations, across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, retail, and more. This is just the beginning, as we see it as our calling to protect every organization in the world that needs frontier defense.
We are grateful to our partners @shaunmmaguire and @sonyatweetybird at @sequoia , @vkhosla at @khoslaventures , @DanRose999 at @coatuemgmt , and @Weiner_Lia at Netz Capital, who believed in our ability to lead the intelligence race in cybersecurity and make sure the defenders always win.
Danny Karmon retweeted
Today we are announcing Corma, and our $60M seed round led by @sequoia.
@CormaAI is building foundation models toward superintelligence for defensive cybersecurity. We do that because general AI is becoming exponentially more capable in offensive security, while it hasn't been able to improve at the same rate in cyber defense - creating an inherent imbalance between attackers and defenders that otherwise cannot be addressed.
Recent events have shown that building frontier AI models for defensive cybersecurity is one of the crucial unsolved problems of the AI age - and solving it is the generational mission Corma was founded on.
Our foundation model has already far surpassed every general-purpose frontier model on defensive cybersecurity tasks, and we are committed to remaining the frontier of defensive cybersecurity intelligence.
Corma is already protecting Fortune 100 companies and some of the world's most important organizations, across healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, retail, and more. This is just the beginning, as we see it as our calling to protect every organization in the world that needs frontier defense.
We are grateful to our partners @shaunmmaguire and @sonyatweetybird at @sequoia , @vkhosla at @khoslaventures , @DanRose999 at @coatuemgmt , and @Weiner_Lia at Netz Capital, who believed in our ability to lead the intelligence race in cybersecurity and make sure the defenders always win.
Danny Karmon retweeted
Very happy to launch Concordia, a library for generative agent-based modeling where you build simulations like tabletop roleplaying games! The game master (storyteller) is an agent who controls the environment where player agents interact, tracks state and can call external tools
Extremely excited to share our work on Generative Agent-Based Modeling. We are open sourcing Concordia, a platform for creating social simulations with language models.
Code: github.com/google-deepmind/cโฆ
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2312.03664
Danny Karmon retweeted
Extremely excited to share our work on Generative Agent-Based Modeling. We are open sourcing Concordia, a platform for creating social simulations with language models.
Code: github.com/google-deepmind/cโฆ
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2312.03664
Danny Karmon retweeted
Get an intro to asynchronous APIs for text analytics and text analytics for health. Read on: msft.it/6016pMhjn
ALT Text reads: "New Text Analytics capabilities, Natural language processing service now supports batch processing and Health scenarios."
Danny Karmon retweeted
Finding the right clinical trial advances science and can be a matter of life and death. We think #AI can help. And so we're humbled that our @Microsoft Clinical Trials Matching Bot is being highlighted by @uscensusbureau's #OpportunityProject. See @HHSGov hhs.gov/cto/blog/2019/1/17/tโฆ
Danny Karmon retweeted
Honored to present our Clinical Trials Matching technology at the White House today โฆ@Health_ITโฉ #OpportunityProject โฆ@Microsoftโฉ
