RevEng.AI raises $15M to reverse-engineer software binaries and hunt down malicious threats
British software supply chain security startup RevEng.AI says it has raised $15 million in early-stage funding after developing technology similar to Anthropic PBC’s Mythos model and working out a way to put it to good use.
The startup, officially known as Binary AI Ltd., wants to help organizations use its technology to analyze software at the binary level so they can determine what it’s made up of, such as the executables, firmware and third-party programs, without needing access to the source code. Its foundational model is called BiNet, and similar to Mythos, its goal is to identify cyberthreats within these binaries so they can be fixed before they’re exploited.
Founder and Chief Executive James Patrick-Evans said the BiNet model was trained alongside the elite cybersecurity units of a number of allied governments and also some top commercial security firms. Its purpose is to dig up hidden vulnerabilities and backdoors that may have been purposely placed in widely-used software.
He wants to put the technology to good use and help fix the integrity of software supply chains. According to Patrick-Evans, software supply chain attacks are now one of the most consequential risks facing enterprises and critical infrastructure providers.
