Ocean emerges with $28M to fight AI phishing

stealth mode startup ocean secured $28m in funding led by lightspeed venture partners to address the rising threat of ai-powered email attacks. founder shay shwartz, who previously worked on israel's iron dome and at axis, argued that llms have automated spear-phishing, allowing attackers to harvest public data and target victims at scale. ocean developed a custom small language model to analyze incoming email context and sender intent, currently processing billions of messages monthly for customers including kayak and headspace. the funding round also saw participation from picture capital, cerca partners, and angels from wiz and armis.