Israeli artificial intelligence security startup Alice has raised $140 million in a new funding round. According to Bloomberg, citing a company statement, the round was led by Apax Digital — a fund of private equity firm Apax Partners. Cybersecurity company SentinelOne Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. also participated in the deal.
According to Alice CEO Noam Schwartz, the raised investment values the company at nearly $1 billion. The startup is dual-headquartered in Tel Aviv and New York. Its core specialization is protecting artificial intelligence models from misuse and unauthorized behavior. Alice's clients include major technology companies such as Anthropic PBC, Google (Alphabet Inc.), and Nvidia Corp.
The funding comes amid high-profile incidents involving autonomous agents developed by Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta Platforms Inc. In several cases, such systems broke out of their testing environments and gained access to third-party organizations. These events drew the attention of regulators and fueled growing interest in technologies capable of monitoring the actions of artificial intelligence tools and preventing their uncontrolled behavior.
Alice is one of several players in the emerging AI security tools market. The company offers solutions for detecting and preventing hacks, fraudulent schemes, and other unauthorized actions by artificial intelligence systems. The attraction of significant venture capital reflects the growing interest of institutional investors in infrastructure projects that ensure the safe deployment of generative and agentic AI in enterprise environments.