{
  "id": 7769395,
  "title": "“Vulnerability tsunami” prompts France’s Hackuity to land €16 million for automated cyber remediation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/vulnerability-tsunami-prompts-frances-hackuity-to-land-16-million-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T10:40:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "EU-Startups",
    "slug": "eu-startups",
    "url": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/09/vulnerability-tsunami-prompts-frances-hackuity-to-land-e16-million-for-automated-cyber-remediation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hackuity, a Lyon-based AI-powered Vulnerability Operations Center (VOC), has secured €16 million ($19 million) in funding to enhance product innovation, AI capabilities, and expand operations across Europe and Asia. Led by Forgepoint Capital International, the round brings the total investment to €32 million ($38 million). Patrick Ragaru, CEO and co-founder of Hackuity, states that the funding validates the company's thesis that human capacity to respond to vulnerabilities will be outpaced by their volume. Forgepoint Capital's Managing Director and Partner, Damien Henault, highlights the growing need for AI-powered cybersecurity solutions to keep pace with modern threats. Hackuity's platform aims to automate prioritization and remediation at machine speed, addressing the \"vulnerability tsunami\" caused by AI-powered discovery tools like Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview, which identified 10,000+ high or critical severity flaws in under two months, with 99% still unpatched. The company aggregates data from over 130 security tools, providing business and threat context, and orchestrating remediation across security, IT, and engineering teams. Customers report significant improvements, such as reducing critical vulnerability noise to 0.01%, improving mean-time-to-remediate by three times, and automating up to 70% of their exposure management activities.",
  "summary": "Hackuity, a Lyon-based AI-powered Vulnerability Operations Center (VOC), today announced a €16 million ($19 million) funding round to accelerate product innovation, AI capabilities, and international expansion across Europe and Asia. The round was led by Forgepoint Capital International, with participation from existing investors Bright Pixel, Bpifrance, and Seventure Partners – bringing total…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}