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Blackstone Backs Huskeys with $27M Series A to Fight Unwanted AI Traffic

September 2, 2026
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Wall Street Journal

Blackstone is placing an early bet on Huskeys, a cybersecurity startup building an artificial intelligence gatekeeper to protect companies from the growing chaos of automated web traffic. The company, valued at more than $100 million with a total of $35M funding, uses agentic AI to block threats.

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Huskeys Launches Profiling to Advance Proactive Network Edge Security

October 15, 2026
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The Next Web

The Next Web covers the Profiling launch as the foundation of the Hardening Loop, and cites Cloudflare's 2026 data showing bots and automated agents make up over half of web requests.

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Huskeys Launches Profiling to Make Network Edge Security More Business-Aware

October 15, 2026
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Security Boulevard

Security Boulevard's write-up of Profiling, a new Huskeys capability that links application behavior and business intent to network edge security decisions. Notes that Profiling is in beta for close customers and supports the Network Edge Security Management platform.

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Huskeys Launches Profiling to Bring Business Intent Into Network Edge Security

October 14, 2026
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HackerNoon

HackerNoon's coverage of Profiling, which feeds application-level context into how Huskeys evaluates traffic and recommends security measures. Describes the Hardening Loop and the beta availability for close customers.

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Exclusive: Huskeys adds Profiling to map which parts of web applications a business depends on

October 14, 2026
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SiliconANGLE

SiliconANGLE's exclusive on the launch of Profiling, which maps the parts of a company's web applications that matter most to the business so edge security can be tailored to each application. Includes comments from CTO Roy Weisfeld and research lead Yotam Mazurik.

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Founders in Focus: Itai Gafni, CEO of Huskeys

September 9, 2026
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Okta

Each month, we highlight one of the founders of an Okta Ventures portfolio company. You’ll learn more about them and how they work with Okta. This month, we’re speaking with Itai Gafni of Huskeys.

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Huskeys Announces $27M Series A to Address AI-Driven Security Challenges at the Network Edge

September 8, 2026
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The AI Insider

The AI Insider covered Huskeys' $27 million Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments, describing how its Network Edge Security Management platform unifies visibility and policy control across existing CDNs, firewalls and cloud security tools.

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Huskeys Raises $27M to Secure the AI-Driven Network Edge

September 3, 2026
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Channel Insider

Channel Insider looked at Huskeys' $27 million Blackstone-led Series A through an MSP lens, covering dynamic policy generation, continuous security assessments and virtual patching as AI agents complicate edge traffic for partners and enterprises.

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Huskeys Raises $27M for AI security

September 3, 2026
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SiliconANGLE

SiliconANGLE covered Huskeys' $27 million Series A alongside another AI-security funding round, noting Huskeys' platform for monitoring WAFs, CDNs, and load balancers against AI-driven traffic threats, founded by former Israeli military intelligence officers.

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Cybersecurity company Huskeys announces $27 million Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments

September 2, 2026
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Retail Technology Innovation Hub

Retail Technology Innovation Hub reported on Huskeys' $27 million Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments, noting customers such as TikTok, LEGOLAND, Ro and Hugging Face and the more than a trillion web requests Huskeys analyzes each day.

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Huskeys Raises $27M Series A Led by Blackstone as AI Creates a New Security Challenge at the Network Edge

September 2, 2026
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Investing.com

Investing.com covered Huskeys' $27 million Series A led by Blackstone, explaining how autonomous AI agents are blurring the line between legitimate and malicious traffic, and how Huskeys' Unified Data Model gives security teams a common layer across edge providers.

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Huskeys Raises $27M Series A Led by Blackstone to Build a New Security Layer for the Network Edge

September 2, 2026
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The Next Web

The Next Web reported on Huskeys' $27 million Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments, highlighting how its platform sits across existing edge infrastructure to help organizations manage AI-driven traffic and fragmented environments.

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Blackstone invests $27M in Israeli startup Huskeys' Series A to tackle AI-agent traffic

September 2, 2026
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CryptoBriefing

Blackstone led a $27 million Series A round for Huskeys, an Israeli cybersecurity startup developing AI-powered tools to distinguish legitimate from malicious AI-generated web traffic.

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US giant Blackstone invests in Israeli cyber startup tackling malicious AI web traffic

September 2, 2026
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The Times of Israel

Blackstone led a $27 million investment in Huskeys, an Israeli startup building technology to manage and secure internet traffic generated by autonomous AI systems rather than human users.

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Huskeys Raises $27M Series A to Build the Security Control Layer for the AI Driven Network

September 2, 2026
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Unite.AI

Huskeys raised $27 million in Series A funding to build a unified management layer for fragmented edge security infrastructure, addressing challenges from AI-driven traffic and multi-cloud deployments.

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Israeli security management Huskeys raises $27m

September 2, 2026
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Globes

Huskeys completed a $27 million Series A round led by Blackstone, bringing total funding to $35 million, to expand its network security management platform for AI-generated traffic.

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Huskeys Raises $27M Series A Led by Blackstone to Tackle the Growing Complexity of Edge Security

September 2, 2026
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HackerNoon

Cybersecurity is facing a new management problem at the network edge. Organizations now rely on an expanding combination of cloud providers, content delivery networks, web application firewalls and other edge services, creating fragmented environments that are increasingly difficult to understand and secure as a whole.

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In the Big Leagues: Huskeys, Cyber Startup of 30Under30 Alumni, Closes Second Round Led by Blackstone

September 2, 2026
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Forbes

Itai Gafni and Roy Weisfeld, named this year to Forbes Israel's 30Under30 list, complete an additional $27 million raise and report a doubling of headcount. Investment giant Blackstone led the round in its first Early-Stage cybersecurity bet in Israel - joining existing backers that include soccer star Mario Götze and NFL legend Larry Fitzgerald.

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Huskeys Raises $27 Million Series A Led By Blackstone Innovations Investments

September 2, 2026
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Pulse 2.0

Huskeys has raised $27 million in Series A funding led by Blackstone Innovations Investments, bringing the cybersecurity company’s total funding to $35 million as it builds a Network Edge Security Management platform for increasingly complex and AI-driven network environments. The round follows an $8 million seed financing. Other investors include Merlin Ventures, Skinos Ventures, Zscaler Ventures, Okta Ventures, Bright Pixel Capital and SV Angel.

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Blackstone leads $27 million investment in Israeli cyber startup Huskeys

September 2, 2026
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Calcalist

Huskeys is developing an agentic AI layer for web application firewalls, arguing that security infrastructure built decades ago needs to be redesigned for a world in which AI agents increasingly act online.

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Huskeys Emerges from Stealth with $8 Million to Reinvent Edge Security Management

March 31, 2026
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CXO Digital Pulse

Huskeys emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding, introducing an Edge Security Management platform that uses AI-driven policy orchestration to address limitations in traditional web application firewalls.

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Huskeys: $8 Million Seed Raised For Edge Security Management Platform Modernizing Legacy WAFs With Agentic AI

March 30, 2026
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Pulse2.0

Huskeys secured $8 million in seed funding to modernize legacy web application firewalls with AI that unifies security management across cloud environments.

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Huskeys raises $8 million Seed round to fix web security flaws, already working with TikTok

March 30, 2026
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CTech (Calcalist)

Huskeys raised $8 million in seed funding for an AI-powered system that strengthens existing web application firewalls by optimizing their rules, counting TikTok among its early customers.

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Huskeys Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million in Funding

March 30, 2026
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SecurityWeek

Huskeys emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding to launch an edge security management platform that uses AI to optimize WAF configurations across multi-cloud environments, founded by former Israeli intelligence officers.

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Huskeys launches with $8M to modernize WAF security with Edge Security Management

March 30, 2026
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SiliconANGLE

Huskeys launched with $8 million in seed funding for an AI-driven platform that modernizes web application firewalls across multicloud and multi-WAF environments, aiming to better distinguish legitimate from malicious traffic in API-driven and agentic environments.

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Modernizing Legacy WAFs: Huskeys Exits Stealth with TikTok as Lead Customer

March 30, 2026
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VentureBeat

Huskeys emerged from stealth with $8M in seed funding. CEO Itai Gafni shares how the platform protects global brands like TikTok by rethinking traditional WAF technology.

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Huskeys Exits Stealth as the First to Modernize Existing Legacy WAFs with Agentic AI

March 30, 2026
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Businesswire

Huskeys emerged from stealth with $8M in seed funding. CEO Itai Gafni shares how the platform protects global brands like TikTok by rethinking traditional WAF technology.

Public Relations

Huskeys’ CEO Itai Gafni Interview with Pulse 2.0

March 30, 2026
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Pulse 2.0

Itai Gafni, Huskeys’ Co-Founder and CEO, was interviewed by Pulse 2.0. He discussed the formation of Huskeys, significant moments, and future goals.