# Echo Secures $15M Seed for AI-Powered Application Security
**Published:** 2025-08-02
**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/ai-news/funding-round/2025/echo-secures-15m-seed-for-ai-powered-application-security
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Cybersecurity startup **[Echo](https://www.startuphub.ai/startups/echo-security/)** has raised $15 million in seed funding to build secure-by-design infrastructure for modern applications. The round was led by Notable Capital and Hyperwise Ventures, with participation from SVCI. Echo’s founding team, **Eilon Elhadad** and **Eylam Milner**, both alumni of Israel’s elite Unit 8200 and previously co-founders of Argon (acquired by Aqua Security for $100M), aim to eliminate software vulnerabilities at the source using AI.

### Rethinking Vulnerability Management

Unlike most cybersecurity platforms that detect and prioritize known vulnerabilities, Echo’s technology proactively rebuilds open-source components using AI agents. These agents analyze functionality, strip out flaws, and continuously patch as new threats emerge. This creates a hardened foundation for running containers securely, preventing issues before they materialize.

With software development accelerating through AI, traditional reactive models struggle to scale. Industry reports cite a **61% surge in new vulnerabilities** and a **34% rise in exploit attempts** this year alone. Echo’s preventative approach stands out by targeting the root cause of risk rather than managing its symptoms.

### Enterprise Traction and Industry Alignment

Echo's platform is already in use by organizations like **Vectra AI, Port, UiPath**, and **Varonis**, and integrates with leading security vendors such as **Wiz, Orca, Aqua, Mend**, and **Anchor**. The company currently employs 25 people across Israel and New York and will use the new capital to expand its engineering team, accelerate product development, and scale go-to-market operations.

“Today’s tools rank thousands of issues. We’re rewriting code so those issues don’t exist,” said CEO Elhadad. “The market has been forced to accept risk as a byproduct of speed, Echo changes that.”

### Market Opportunity

The vulnerability management industry is valued at **$17 billion**, but as **Notable Capital’s** Oren Junger notes, Echo is unlocking a path to significantly reduce both operational costs and breach fallout by delivering infrastructure that’s secure by design.

Echo enters a crowded but growing space, competing with incumbents like **CrowdStrike** and **Palo Alto Networks**, but its AI-driven rebuild model offers a radically different security posture, designed for the software velocity of today’s AI era.
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