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Israeli AI security co Alice raises $140m

Alice provides AI safety solutions across the full lifecycle of AI systems. The financing round brings the total amount raised to $280 million

Israeli AI security firm Alice has successfully raised $140 million in a financing round led by Apax Digital, with contributions from notable investors including Samsung, SentinelOne, Maj Invest, MoreTech, Phoenix Insurance, Norwest, CRV, Vintage, Grove and Highland Europe. This brings Alice's total funding to $280 million and a company valuation of $800 million.

The company, founded in 2018 as ActiveFence, specializes in AI safety and security solutions for the entire lifecycle of AI systems. Alice's expertise includes training AI models to resist malicious prompts and agentic tasks, as well as hardening them against jailbreaks and prompt injection attacks. The company's AI platform tests, defends, and monitors AI models in real-time, aiming to ensure organizations can trust their AI systems to function as intended.

Alice currently employs approximately 400 people, primarily in Israel, with additional offices in New York, London, and Hanoi. The company plans to use the funding to expand its team, deepen its AI platform, and scale its go-to-market organization to serve foundation model labs and enterprises utilizing AI.

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