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Endpoint security startup Koi has secured $48 million in seed and Series A funding to expand its platform for securing non-binary software, including AI models, code packages, and containers. The company, led by former Israeli Military Intelligence soldier Amit Assaraf, differentiates itself by providing risk mapping and governance for software types often missed by traditional endpoint security tools. Koi's technology leverages large language models to classify and assess risk across distributed enterprise environments.
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