Sublime cofounders Josh Kamdjou and Ian Thiel. Their AI is helping protect a presidential candidate from email threats.hile Russian agents were breaking into the Democratic National Committee’s emails in mid-2016 in an attempt to influence the presidential election, Josh Kamdjou was hacking for the Defense Department, learning that the best way to hack into foreign government networks was via one of the oldest kinds of cyberattack: phishing.
As it scales up the fight against AI scams, Sublime has announced a $20 million funding round led by Index Ventures, with additional backing from Decibel Partners and Slow Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to more than $30 million . “AI has really turned into a superpower for attackers,” added Jahanvi Sardana, Index partner and lead investor in Sublime. “They're the greatest beneficiaries of this trend right now.
“What motivated me and my past life was national security,” Kamdjou says. “I'm just very excited that we get to do that again here for something that really is meaningful.”
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