This startup is building AI undercover agents for the FBI and other agencies
Aslan raised $20.8M to build out its tech team and scale its customer base.
TL;DR
- Aslan builds AI agents that act as operatives in national security missions.
- The company raised $20.8 million in funding, led by Khosla Ventures and XYZ Venture Capital.
- Aslan's agents can pose as analysts in underground criminal forums and Telegram channels, collecting digital evidence.
- The agents are capable of actively engaging and performing cyber effects within online ecosystems, overseen by humans.
- The FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and other agencies have experimented with Aslan's products.
- The AI agents have been used to map a smuggling network, uncover a cyber-fraud marketplace, and surface technology transfer networks.
- Aslan has also uncovered a Chinese recruitment effort targeting U.S. defense professionals.
- The startup is focused on the U.S. market and draws a line at using products for domestic operations targeting Americans.
- Aslan plans to use the new funding to expand its technical team and nearly double its headcount by the end of October.