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Security- and AI-related startups have raised $855M across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, on track for an all-time high (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)

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Security- and AI-related startups have raised $855M across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, on track for an all-time high (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)

Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News : Security- and AI-related startups have raised $855M across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, on track for an all-time high — Seed funding trends tell us a lot about how savvy investors see the future unfolding. And lately, the data tells us there's great concern about cybersecurity risks posed by AI.

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