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AIDigest/2026/08/11/2026-08-11-06-zenity-125m-series-c-agent-security

Source: AIwire / HPCwire — 2026-08-04

Summary

Zenity closed a $125 million Series C led by Norwest, bringing its total funding to roughly $185 million. The round adds new investors SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Hitachi Ventures, Qumra Capital, and LG Technology Ventures alongside existing backers Vertex Ventures, Third Point Ventures, DTCP, and Intel Capital. Zenity's platform governs AI-agent actions in real time, deterministically allowing, modifying, or blocking actions before they execute rather than reviewing them after the fact. The company already counts Fortune 50 financial-services firms among its customers for compliance, DLP, and access-control enforcement on banking AI agents.

Key Takeaways

  • Zenity raised a $125 million Series C led by Norwest, taking total funding to approximately $185 million.
  • New investors in the round include SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Hitachi Ventures, Qumra Capital, and LG Technology Ventures, joining existing backers Vertex Ventures, Third Point Ventures, DTCP, and Intel Capital.
  • The platform's core mechanism is real-time, deterministic control over AI-agent actions — allowing, modifying, or blocking an action before it executes, not flagging it after the fact.
  • Zenity's customer base already includes Fortune 50 financial-services firms, who use the platform specifically for compliance, data-loss-prevention, and access-control enforcement on their banking AI agents.

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