Rilian Raises $17.5 Million to Bring Agentic AI to Sovereign Defence

Rilian raises $17.5 million to bring agentic AI to sovereign defence

The McLean, Virginia startup’s Caspian platform sits as a command layer above existing security stacks, deploying pre-trained AI agents into air-gapped and compliance-restricted environments. One of its co-founders is Nick Pompeo, son of former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Rilian, a McLean, Virginia-based startup building agentic AI systems integration for defence and national security […] This story continues at The Next Web

Rilian raises $17.5M to bring Agentic AI to cybersecurity and national defense - Tech Startups

War is changing faster than most security teams can keep up. Conflicts like the one in Ukraine have shown what happens when AI enters the fight: attacks move at machine speed, data floods in from every direction, and human analysts […] The post Rilian raises $17.5M to bring Agentic AI to cybersecurity and national defense first appeared on Tech Startups.

Rilian bags $17.5m to scale AI-native cyber platform

Rilian, an AI-native cybersecurity and defence systems integration company, has closed a $17.5m seed and seed extension funding round to expand its agentic AI capabilities across government and critical infrastructure markets. The round was led by 8VC, First In, and Tamarack Global, with 8090 Industries, Liquid 2 Ventures, Perot Jain, and Protego Ventures also contributing. Capital from the raise will be directed towards Rilian’s expansion acros…

Rilian raises $17.5m seed to power AI cyber defence

Rilian has closed a $17.5m seed and seed extension funding round to accelerate its expansion across the United States, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and other Allied nations. The round was led by 8VC, First In, and Tamarack Global, with additional contributions from 8090 Industries, Liquid 2 Ventures, Perot Jain, and Protego Ventures. The capital will be directed towards go-to-market activities, the recruitment of engineering talent, …

Rilian Raises $17.5 Million for AI-Native Security Orchestration

Cybersecurity startup Rilian today announced raising $17.5 million in combined seed and seed extension funding. The funding round was led by 8VC, First In, and Tamarack Global, with additional support from 8090 Industries, Liquid 2 Ventures, Perot Jain, and Protego Ventures. Founded in 2024, McLean, VA-based Rilian describes itself as an agentic systems integrator and technology provider that leverages AI to provide defense capabilities to gover…

Rilian Secures $17.5 Million in Seed Funding to Advance Agentic AI for Cyber and Defense Operations