
Augur is a cybersecurity platform that utilizes AI-powered behavioral modeling and agentic automation to proactively predict and block cyber threats before they emerge. The platform integrates with existing security stacks like SIEM, SOAR, firewalls, and EDR, analyzing global internet infrastructure to detect malicious intent an average of 51 days ahead of traditional threat intelligence feeds. With a near-zero false positive rate (0.007%), Augur provides high-confidence intelligence for immediate, automated enforcement, neutralizing threats before they become active. Their clients include leaders who found traditional threat intelligence too slow and reactive, seeking to leverage AI for early threat detection and prevention.

Augur is a cybersecurity platform that utilizes AI-powered behavioral modeling and agentic automation to proactively predict and block cyber threats before they emerge. The platform integrates with existing security stacks like SIEM, SOAR, firewalls, and EDR, analyzing global internet infrastructure to detect malicious intent an average of 51 days ahead of traditional threat intelligence feeds. With a near-zero false positive rate (0.007%), Augur provides high-confidence intelligence for immediate, automated enforcement, neutralizing threats before they become active. Their clients include leaders who found traditional threat intelligence too slow and reactive, seeking to leverage AI for early threat detection and prevention.
Product: AI-driven predictive/preemptive threat prevention that identifies attacker-acquired infrastructure and enables automated blocking via existing security stacks
Funding: Seed — $7.0M (announced 2025-04-24)
Founders / Leadership: Founders: Saeed Abu-Nimeh and Victor Baddour; Joe Lea listed as CEO
Location: San Diego, CA
Market recognition: Named a sample vendor in Gartner's Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Preemptive Cybersecurity (Oct 2025)
Predictive threat prevention for enterprise security teams seeking earlier, automated protection against attacker infrastructure and weaponization.
2014
Cybersecurity
7,000,000 USD
Round includes participation from industry executives including Ely Kahn, Spencer Thompson, Travis McPeak, and Josh Lospinoso
“Seed round led by General Advance with participation from senior security industry executives”