The new and surprising investment by Assi Cohen and Lior Suchard
Israeli company Huskeys celebrates a major funding round that attracted not only the world’s largest private equity firm, but also local entertainment stars.
Assi Cohen and Lior Suchard have made a surprising investment in Huskeys, a cybersecurity startup based in Israel. The new funding round, totaling $27 million, brings the company's total capital raised to approximately $35 million since its founding in 2025. Blackstone, a leading private equity fund managing $1 trillion in assets, led the Series A round, with Skinos Ventures, Merlin Ventures, Okta, Zscaler, Cohen, and Suchard also participating.
Huskeys specializes in network security for AI agents, focusing on solutions for managing and securing autonomous network traffic. As AI agent network traffic is projected to surpass human traffic by 2027, accounting for about 70% of all network traffic, the company's innovative virtual patching capabilities allow for blocking malicious traffic within minutes, while legitimate traffic is allowed to continue uninterrupted.
Founded by 8200 unit veterans Itai Gafni (CEO) and Roy Weisfeld (CTO), Huskeys has already expanded its business operations, gained new customers, and deepened its presence in international markets. Some of its clients include Blackstone, TikTok, Legoland, Ro, and Hugging Face. Gafni expressed his vision of building a new network security category for the AI era, emphasizing the need for organizations to be prepared for the challenges posed by AI-driven network traffic.
The investment from Blackstone and other prominent investors signals confidence in Huskeys' vision and the growing importance of cybersecurity in the AI era.
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