Kenzo Security raises $4.5M in seed funding led by The General Partnership, with additional backing from leading security operators and angel investors. The company launches with a clear mission: “Defeat the Adversary.” After over a decade of experience in cybersecurity and building frontline solutions, the founding team identified a critical need for a new approach to Security Operations. Despite the availability of advanced tools and sizable teams, security organizations continue to struggle with alert fatigue, delayed detection and response times, and fragmented workflows that hinder effective threat mitigation.
Partha, formerly a Captain at the US Air Force’s Security Operations Center, witnessed these issues firsthand — even within well-resourced environments. While serving, adversaries still outpaced detection and response capabilities. Later, while leading product efforts at Datadog and CrowdStrike, similar inefficiencies surfaced in customer environments. Security platforms such as SOARs and AI SOC Analysts have attempted to fill this gap, but most fail to deliver the insight needed to drive timely, intelligent action. As cyber adversaries advance their capabilities using agentic solutions, defenders need tools that combine machine-speed processing with human-level reasoning.
Kenzo Security introduces the industry's first multi-functional security operations platform built entirely on agentic AI architecture. Through a data-first approach and a network of specialized AI agents, the platform delivers accelerated investigations, proactive threat detection, and significantly reduced mean-time-to-detection (MTTD) and mean-time-to-response (MTTR). By eliminating static playbooks and enabling real-time decision-making across complex datasets, Kenzo reduces alert fatigue and increases the effectiveness of existing tools and teams. Tasks like triage and low-level investigations are fully automated, freeing security personnel to focus on strategic, high-value activities.
The platform is powered by a proprietary data mesh that enables scalable, context-rich AI performance. Unlike traditional systems, Kenzo Security’s architecture evolves alongside the customer’s environment. A network of purpose-built agents works in harmony to investigate, detect, hunt, and recommend responses without reliance on generic models or siloed operations. “Imagine if your security data wasn’t just stored — but understood,” the company shares. Kenzo Security expresses deep gratitude to early partners and investors, including Dan Portillo, Phin Barnes, and Michael Coates, for shaping and supporting the journey.