Command Zero Emerges with $21 Million Funding to Transform Cyber Investigations
Command Zero, the industry’s first autonomous and user-led cyber investigation platform, has emerged from stealth mode today, securing $21 million in seed funding. This significant investment round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with contributions from Insight Partners and over 60 prominent figures and executives within the cybersecurity sector. Command Zero aims to address one of the most pressing challenges in security operations: the bottleneck caused by manual investigations.
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Despite substantial investments in cybersecurity, adversaries often outpace organizations in adopting innovative strategies. As a result, defenders find themselves struggling with the basics in complex enterprise environments. While automation has improved detection and triage capabilities, the necessity for tedious manual investigations of escalated cases remains a significant hurdle. This task, typically handled by tier-2 and tier-3 analysts, is becoming increasingly unmanageable, often leading to resource exhaustion or the need to hire third-party remediation firms.
Command Zero seeks to transform this process by integrating encoded expert knowledge, automation, and advanced Language Learning Models (LLMs). The platform combines expert investigative questions with autonomous and user-led methods on a federated data model. This enables analysts to ask technology-independent questions across all universal data sources in modern enterprises. The result is a faster, more accurate, and consistent investigation process.
Harnessing Human Intelligence and Machine Efficiency
The true innovation of Command Zero lies in its ability to augment human investigators with machine efficiency. While human intelligence and creativity are irreplaceable in cyber investigations, machines excel at handling repetitive tasks and processing vast amounts of data quickly. Command Zero leverages these strengths by using automation and LLMs to support human investigators.
During an investigation, each question and response is analyzed in the context of the broader investigation and the specific organization. This approach removes much of the laborious work from security operations teams, allowing analysts to better interpret data responses. Moreover, this system guides users on which questions to ask, how to interpret answers, and how to build comprehensive narratives of incidents. The platform also generates timelines and detailed reports, saving valuable time for analysts.
Founded by a seasoned leadership team with extensive experience in security operations and incident response, Command Zero offers a consistent, efficient, and scalable path for investigations and threat hunting. The co-founders, Dov Yoran, Dean De Beer, and Alfred Huger, have led seven successful cybersecurity acquisitions, including exits to major companies like Symantec, McAfee, Sourcefire, Cisco, and IBM.
“Running escalations to ground truth has always been the biggest challenge in cyber,” said Dov Yoran, co-founder and CEO. “Command Zero removes technology expertise barriers, dramatically reduces repetitive manual work, and speeds up investigations. Improving institutional knowledge, automation, and consistent outcomes are transforming how organizations run threat hunting and investigations at scale.”
About Command Zero
Command Zero is headquartered in Austin, TX, with additional presence in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The company is composed of accomplished cyber experts focused on revolutionizing cyber investigations. With its innovative platform, Command Zero aims to enable all users, regardless of their technical expertise, to perform at the highest level in conducting consistent, repeatable, and auditable investigations with automated reporting.
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