PRESS RELEASE
Cyabra, the main counter-disinformation firm, is happy to announce the appointment of seventieth Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to its Board of Directors. The appointment follows a variety of optimistic developments for the corporate, together with vital income development and a profitable funding spherical.
Cyabra uncovers threats and supplies actionable insights & real-time alerts. Through its proprietary AI expertise, Cyabra exposes malicious actors, disinformation, bot networks, and GenAI textual content and pictures. The firm’s platform supplies organizations and the general public sector with actionable insights to counter every little thing from election interference to model fame assaults and impersonations.
As a outstanding determine within the worldwide political area and former Director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo brings a wealth of strategic experience to the Cyabra staff. He joins Sonny Vu, Founder of Misfit, acquired by Fossil Group for $260 million, and an early investor in Cyabra by way of Alabaster VC, who additionally was not too long ago appointed to Cyabra’s board.
Cyabra has skilled substantial development in prospects, attracting each enterprise and public sector purchasers. The firm’s 20x income development over the previous 2 years has been spurred by the recruitment of quite a few firms within the enterprise sector, that are more and more the goal of malicious actors working on social media platforms. Recent buyer wins embrace Singaporean media conglomerate Mediacorp, varied public workplaces in main democracies, in addition to world public relations companies.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mike Pompeo to our Board of Directors,” stated Dan Brahmy, CEO and co-founder of Cyabra. “Throughout his distinguished career, Secretary Pompeo has demonstrated a deep understanding of the impact on national security posed by disinformation campaigns. His insights and guidance will be invaluable as Cyabra continues to develop innovative solutions to establish a digital immune system.”
Secretary Pompeo commented on the appointment: “Vigilance is key to national security. At the Department of State and the CIA, our ability to meet constantly evolving threats depended on our capacity to detect them. Cyabra’s dedication to proactive, cutting-edge threat detection aligns perfectly with this mission, and I am excited to work with them as they provide a vital shield against nefarious manipulation efforts online.”
Cyabra can also be happy to announce the profitable completion of a $5.7 million Series A extension spherical led by OurCrowd, the Jerusalem-based enterprise funding platform. Also taking part within the spherical have been present traders Founders Fund, Red Forest Ventures, and Singapore-based Vulpes Ventures. The spherical brings Cyabra’s complete funding to $16 million and can help the corporate’s ongoing analysis and improvement efforts, as properly as growth into new markets, and funding within the creation of proprietary disinformation detection instruments.
“We are delighted to be joined by Mike Pompeo on the Cyabra board as the company continues to lead the market in combatting AI-driven bot disinformation,” stated Jon Medved, Founder and CEO of OurCrowd. “It really is a rare opportunity for us to work with someone of Mike’s intelligence, experience and insight into this critical area of security that affects nations and companies alike.”
For extra details about Cyabra and its efforts to fight disinformation, please go to www.cyabra.com.