Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In this edition…Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have restructured their philanthropy to focus on AI and science…Apple is reportedly finalizing a deal to pay Google about $1 billion per year to use a 1.2-trillion-parameter AI model to power a major overhaul of Siri…OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar clarifies comment, says company isn’t seeking government backstop.
As the wife of a cybersecurity pro, I can’t help but pay attention to how AI is changing the game for those on the digital front lines—making their work both tougher and smarter at the same time. I often joke with my husband that “we need him on that wall” (a nod to Jack Nicholson’s famous A Few Good Men monologue), so I’m always tuned in to how AI is transforming both security defense and offense.
That’s why I was curious to jump on a Zoom with AI security startup Cyera’s co-founder and CEO Yotam Segev and Zohar Wittenberg, general manager of Cyera’s AI security business. Cyera’s business, not surprisingly, is booming in the AI era–its ARR has surpassed $100 million in less than two years and the company’s valuation is now over $6 billion–thanks to surging demand from enterprises scrambling to adopt AI tools without exposing sensitive data or running afoul of new security risks. The company, which is on Fortune’s latest Cyber 60 list of startups, has a roster of clients that includes AT&T, PwC, and Amgen.
