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Horizon3.ai, the company behind the NodeZero® Autonomous Security Platform, today announced a $100 million Series D funding round led by NEA, with participation from SignalFire, Craft Ventures and 9Yards Capital. As part of the investment, Lila Tretikov, Partner and Head of AI Strategy at NEA and former Deputy CTO of Microsoft, will join the Horizon3.ai Board of Directors.

Horizon3.ai, the global leader in offensive security, today announced it has gained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) High Authorization, unlocking the ability to support even the most security-sensitive federal missions. This milestone fulfills Horizon3.ai’s previously announced commitment to bring proof-based security to government agencies operating at the highest levels of compliance and risk exposure.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced its Vanguard Partner Program—a global channel initiative designed to help partners build profitable lines of service, deliver measurable outcomes, and lead the market in autonomous security leveraging the NodeZero® Platform. The program will be announced to partners at their inaugural Global Partner Conference 2025 in Frisco, Texas, which opened today, bringing together partners from around the world to collaborate, share insights, and shape the future of security.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in offensive security, today released its 2025 Cybersecurity Insights Report, revealing the common security gaps organizations struggle to close. By analyzing exploit trends from 50,000 NodeZero® autonomous security tests run in 2024, along with insights from a survey sample of nearly 800 security leaders and practitioners, the report presents clear evidence of how current security strategies are failing, and what organizations must change to stay ahead of evolving threats.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in autonomous security solutions, continues to set new industry benchmarks, achieving 101% year-over-year revenue growth and exceeding 150% of Q4 pipeline targets in FY25. With demand accelerating for real-world, offense-driven security, organizations are rapidly adopting NodeZero® to continuously find, fix, and verify exploitable weaknesses—before attackers can.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in autonomous security solutions, announced today that NodeZero® has surpassed 100,000 pentests conducted by over 3,000 customers, with projections exceeding 400,000 by the end of 2026.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in autonomous security solutions, closed the latter half of 2024 with an innovative slate of product expansions and releases, significant partnership growth, new additions to its leadership team, and numerous prolific industry accolades. In its unwavering commitment to building operationally resilient organizations, Horizon3.ai continues to redefine the cybersecurity landscape through groundbreaking innovation and exemplary service.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader of autonomous security solutions, today announced that Ellen Sundra has joined the company as Vice President, Customers. In her new role, Ellen will lead Horizon3.ai’s Customer Success, Sales Engineering, and Community Engagement teams. With more than two decades of experience in customer-focused leadership roles within the technology and cybersecurity industries, Ellen will further enhance the company’s ability to deliver unparalleled value to its growing customer base.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in autonomous security solutions, today announced the launch of NodeZero Insights™. Designed for security leaders, CIOs, CISOs and practitioners, this new solution delivers real-time dashboards to measure, track and strengthen an organization’s security posture over time. NodeZero Insights provides the clarity and proof that security leaders need to demonstrate tangible progress, align priorities and make informed decisions in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in autonomous security solutions, proudly announces the release of NodeZero™ Kubernetes Pentesting, a powerful new capability available to all NodeZero users. Designed to deploy directly within Kubernetes clusters, this solution equips organizations with the unique ability to identify and exploit vulnerabilities from an attacker’s perspective, uncovering weaknesses that could jeopardize entire infrastructures.

Horizon3.ai, a leader in autonomous security solutions, is honored to announce its second consecutive inclusion in the Fortune Cyber 60, presented by Lightspeed. This recognition underscores the company's continued innovation and influence in the cybersecurity industry. The Fortune Cyber 60 acknowledges the top venture-backed startups delivering enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions, with Horizon3.ai remaining the only provider of a fully autonomous penetration testing and threat detection platform, NodeZero™.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in autonomous security solutions, today announced the appointment of Keith Poyser as Vice President for EMEA. Poyser brings more than 25 years of experience in driving sales growth, strategy, and business development in leading cybersecurity and technology firms. He joins Horizon3.ai at a time of significant market expansion as the company continues to deliver its cutting-edge solution, NodeZero™, to organizations worldwide.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in autonomous security, announces that Nicholas Warner has joined its board as an Independent Director. Warner brings over two decades of cybersecurity experience, marked by a proven track record in scaling companies and driving hyper-growth. As COO, he played an instrumental role in propelling SentinelOne (NYSE: S) from $1 million to over $500 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and overseeing its public offering in what was the largest cybersecurity IPO in history.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in autonomous security solutions, today unveiled NodeZero Tripwires™, an addition to its product suite that integrates attack detection directly into the penetration testing process. This first-of-its-kind solution combines deception and detection technologies within NodeZero™ autonomous pentests to identify unauthorized access and malicious activities in real time. By providing a precision-placed early warning system on exploitable attack paths during a pentest, NodeZero Tripwires significantly enhances organizational security posture and effectively disrupts potential attackers.

Horizon3.ai, a global leader in autonomous security solutions for both public and private sectors, today announced their partnership with FedHIVE, a leading cloud service offering for federal agencies, government contractors, and commercial organizations. FedHIVE, which holds an active Joint Authorization Board (JAB) Authorization to Operate (ATO) at the FedRAMP® High level, is set to incorporate Horizon3.ai's NodeZero™ SaaS-based platform into their ATO framework.

Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM), a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, announced a strategic partnership with Horizon3.ai, a leader in autonomous security to elevate the cybersecurity landscape. The partnership will integrate Horizon3.ai's cutting-edge NodeZero™ platform, delivering integrated threat detection, AI-powered pentesting, and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) insights, with Tech Mahindra's comprehensive suite of cybersecurity services.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced the launch of NodeZero™ Cloud Pentesting. This innovative solution helps organizations identify and resolve complex exploitable vulnerabilities and hidden attack paths in their cloud environments. Horizon3.ai offers the most comprehensive autonomous penetration testing solution, enabling both public and private sectors to thoroughly assess and secure their cloud environments across AWS and Azure.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, marked the close of the first six months of 2024 with a celebration of the Company’s growth across all dimensions.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced the appointment of Jill Passalacqua as Chief Legal Officer (CLO), effective immediately.

Horizon3.ai, a leader in autonomous security solutions, is pleased to announce the appointments of Erick Dean as Vice President of Product Management and Drew Mullen as Vice President of Revenue Operations. These key executive hires underscore the management team Horizon3.ai continues to build, fueling significant growth.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced the appointment of Matt Hartley as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), effective immediately.

Horizon3.ai, a pioneer in autonomous security solutions, today announced the launch of its Rapid Response service, now part of the NodeZero™ platform. This one-of-a-kind capability marks a significant advancement in autonomous penetration testing solutions by addressing a critical gap in measuring the real-world impact of exploitable vulnerabilities within the software many organizations have come to rely on. Now, organizations can gain a clear understanding of their ‘likelihood of exploitability’ for the most critical vulnerabilities being announced.

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Horizon3.ai, a pioneer in autonomous security solutions, today announced the availability of the Horizon3.ai Pentesting Services for Compliance. Horizon3.ai recognizes that demand for pentesting expertise is at an all-time high, and organizations may be struggling to meet their compliance-driven pentesting needs. This advanced, tailored service is designed to fulfill the internal and external pentesting requirements for rigorous regulatory standards that require manual penetration testing to uncover complex logic errors and unknown vulnerabilities.

Horizon3.ai, a pioneer in autonomous security solutions, today announced the launch of its first-to-market Phishing Impact testing capability within NodeZero™. This new capability marks a significant advancement in penetration testing, addressing a critical gap in understanding the real-world implications of phished credentials.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced that Torie Runzel has joined as Vice President of People, effective immediately.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, celebrated 2023, a break-out year in which the company was honored with numerous recognitions and prestigious honors.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced that it has been named to the Fortune Cyber 60 2023 list. The Fortune Cyber 60 is a new listing of the most important venture-backed startups that offer enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions. Horizon3.ai was added to the Early-growth-stage companies category and is the only company on the list that offers an autonomous penetration testing solution like NodeZero™.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced the findings from a commissioned study, “The Total Economic ImpactTM of the NodeZero Platform, October 2023,” performed by Forrester Consulting. It shows how the composite organization studied received vulnerability and risk intelligence that exceeds traditional approaches through use of the NodeZero platform and achieved a three-year 63% return on investment (ROI). In addition, operations time savings freed up the equivalent of one member of their four-member security team to focus on other security initiatives.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced that its NodeZero™ autonomous pentesting solution has been named winner of the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award and Security Today’s New Products of the Year Award. The awards are the latest in a substantial series of accolades honoring the NodeZero platform, which enables cybersecurity teams to proactively find, fix, and verify exploitable vulnerabilities, which are then remediated before attackers can exploit them.

Foresite today announced a new partnership with Horizon3.ai to integrate its NodeZero™ autonomous penetration testing technology with Foresite’s ProVision platform to deliver Managed Cyber Testing with Attacker’s View to Foresite partners and their customers. This new offering will further enable Foresite customers to simplify risk reduction, improve security operations, streamline security compliance, prioritize security tasks, and reduce the complexity of cybersecurity overall.

Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced $40M in Series C funding led by Craft Ventures with participation from Signal Fire. With 3x customer growth year-over-year, Horizon3.ai’s NodeZero™ platform has quickly become a leading industry tool for autonomous pentesting, helping customers quickly verify their security posture and reduce their exploitable attack surface. This funding will be used to build out Horizon3.ai’s enterprise-wide, proactive security platform, expand channel and partner presence and meet the growing demand of customers worldwide. Founded in late 2019, Horizon3.ai has raised a total of $78.5M to date.

Autonomos.ai has joined forces with Horizon3.ai, a U.S.-based cybersecurity firm, as a fully licensed and Certified Partner to introduce advanced cybersecurity services to the African continent. This partnership aims to provide enterprises, governments, and NGOs with a comprehensive and proactive defense against cyber threats.

Horizon3.ai, a leading cybersecurity firm specializing in autonomous penetration testing, today launched a major product refresh, doubling down on its commitment to help organizations continuously verify their security posture.

Proactive Risk, a leading provider of technology risk management solutions, is excited to announce that it has joined the Horizon3.ai Partner Program as an Authorized Service Provider. This strategic partnership will help clients with CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification), GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act), and NYDFS (NY Department of Financial Services) 500 compliance requirements for internal and external risk management.

Horizon3.ai, a leading cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, today issued, “Year in Review 2022: Through the Eyes of the Attacker,” its inaugural edition of the cybersecurity threatscape.

Horizon3.ai, a leading cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, announced its vendor profile is now available to Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers to automate and simplify the software risk assessment process. NodeZero, Horizon3.ai’s autonomous pentesting platform, is now available as part of AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights to give customers quick access to security and compliance information.

Horizon3.ai, a leading cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, announced that its NodeZero autonomous pentesting platform has won the 2022 Cloud Computing Excellence Award in the highly competitive Cloud-Delivered Security category.

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, announced NodeZero has been named a ‘Cloud Security Innovation of the Year’ finalist in the 2022 SDC Awards. NodeZero, an autonomous penetration testing platform, enables organizations to continuously verify their security postures by helping them focus on fixing problems that can actually be exploited, saving time and resources.

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, today announced it has expanded its partner program to include new rewards, incentives, training, and tools to help partners drive more recurring revenue. The mission of the Horizon3.ai Partner Program is to drive growth opportunities for partners and position them as trusted advisors for their clients. Leading this charge is Jennifer Lee, newly appointed Head of Channel Sales. In this role, Jennifer will be responsible for the strategy and execution of Horizon3.ai’s global channel program.

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, today announced that it has been recognized as an Excellence Award winner in the Most Promising Early-Stage Startup category for the 2022 SC Awards. Now in its 25th year, the industry awards program is cybersecurity’s most prestigious and competitive program, recognizing the solutions, organizations, and people driving innovation and success in information security.

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, announced today that Midsize Enterprise Services (MES), a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Horizon3.ai on its 2022 MES Matters - Key Vendors Serving the Midmarket list.

Horizon3.ai is proud to announce its NodeZero Autonomous Penetration Testing has won the Best Penetration Test Solution Award from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine.

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, today announced it has extended the capabilities of its NodeZero platform to include external penetration testing. With this enhancement, Horizon3.ai is the first autonomous penetration testing platform to offer organizations both internal and external penetration testing in one self-service platform.

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, today announced the appointment of Chris Hill as the Sector Head for Public Sector, Federal. Hill will execute Horizon3.ai’s vision for creating a better, more secure and cost-effective cyber posture for US and allied Government customers and partners through the deployment of the first autonomous, on-demand, self-service software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that is safe to run in production and requires no persistent or credentialed agents: Horizon3.ai’s award-winning NodeZero™.

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, today announced that it has been recognized as an Excellence Award finalist in the Most Promising Early-Stage Startup category for the 2022 SC Awards. Now in its 25th year, the SC Awards are cybersecurity’s most prestigious and competitive program. Finalists are recognized for outstanding solutions, organizations, and people driving innovation and success in information security.

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity firm focused on autonomous penetration testing, today announced its inclusion in the prestigious Vendor Vision 2022 Report, newly issued by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), a leading IT and data management research and consulting firm.