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Series A Funding Supports Visibility Across Cloud, Code and Endpoint EnvironmentsGeordie AI, the 2026 RSAC Innovation Sandbox winner, raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand a platform that provides visibility, governance and behavioral monitoring for AI agents operating across cloud, code and endpoint environments as enterprises accelerate autonomous AI adoption.

As Innovation Sandbox Turns 21, AI-Based Solutions Dominate Annual ContestNext month in San Francisco, the Innovation Sandbox at RSAC Conference will celebrate its 21st year of choosing key emerging solutions in cybersecurity. Past winners and finalists range from EDR and XDR giant SentinelOne in 2014 to cloud security phenom Wiz in 2021.

RSAC VP Cecilia Marinier on Innovation Sandbox, Leading-Edge Content at ConferenceThe RSAC Conference Innovation Sandbox started with a group of 20 people who honored startup firms with bragging rights for the most promising cybersecurity solutions. Over the years, the event helped lift industry stalwarts including Wiz, Sumo Logic, Phantom and Cato Networks into notoriety.

Money Aims to Simplify Fundraising for RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox FinalistsFinalists selected for RSA Conference’s Innovation Sandbox competition will now each receive a $5 million investment from Crosspoint Capital. Managing Partner Hugh Thompson said this initiative ensures top cybersecurity startups are equipped to handle increased demand and scale effectively.

Startups at Innovation Sandbox 2024 brought clarity to artificial intelligence, protecting data from AI, and accomplishing novel security solutions with new models.

In a field thick with cybersecurity startups showing off how they use AI and LLMs, Reality Defender stood out for its tool for detecting and labeling deepfakes and other artificial content.

Three pieces of advice to startups serious about winning funding and support for their nascent companies: Articulate your key message clearly, have the founder speak, and don't use a canned demo.

RSA's Innovation Sandbox 2023 focused on the software supply chain, as well as attack surfaces exposed by generative AI, ML systems, and APIs.

Varun Badhwar, who has brought each of the three startups he founded to the finals of the RSAC Innovation Sandbox, talks about how to see around the corner.

Application security is the dominant trend for this year's startup contest, but AI, blockchain, and compliance are all represented as well.