Cogent Security is a San Francisco startup applying agentic AI to one of security's most painful workflows: vulnerability management. Its AI agents handle the full remediation lifecycle, investigating findings in the context of the real environment, determining asset and code ownership, scoring real-world exploitability, generating remediation steps, and tracking fixes through verified completion. Founded in 2024 by ex-Abnormal Security leaders Vineet Edupuganti and Geng Sng plus ex-Coinbase infrastructure lead Thanos Baskous, Cogent launched in July 2025 and quickly began working with dozens of Fortune 1000 companies, reporting that customers cut critical-risk exposure windows by an average of 97%. In February 2026 it raised a $42M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures with Greylock Partners and Definition, bringing total funding to $53M; founders from OpenAI, Abnormal Security, and Datadog also invested.
Cogent Security
ActiveAutonomous AI agents for enterprise vulnerability management and remediation
Total raised
$42M
1 round
Stage
Series A
Team
11-50
since 2024
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2024
San Francisco, United States
Agent-ready
API
Score 40/100
Agentic AI for end-to-end vulnerability remediation
Contextual investigation of findings in real environments
Automated ownership mapping for assets and code
Real-world exploitability and risk scoring
Auto-generated remediation steps and patches
Fix verification and tracking to closure
Prioritization that cuts exposure windows
Integration with existing scanners and ticketing
40/100
Developing
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
— Series A $42M incl. Bain Capital Ventures +2
Capital network
$53M raised ·3 backers·10 network links
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- What does Cogent Security do?
- It deploys AI agents that investigate, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities across enterprise environments.
- Who founded Cogent?
- Vineet Edupuganti, Geng Sng (ex-Abnormal Security) and Thanos Baskous (ex-Coinbase) in 2024.
- How much has Cogent raised?
- $53M total, including a $42M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures in February 2026.
- What results does Cogent claim?
- Customers reportedly cut critical-risk exposure windows by an average of 97%.
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