Press release ·
Hackuity raises $19 million to help companies cope with the surge in vulnerabilities detected through AI
Original title, in French: “Hackuity lève 19 millions de dollars pour aider les entreprises à faire face à l’explosion des du nombre de vulnérabilités détectées grâce à l’IA”
- Publication
- Bpifrance (France)
- Author
- Pierre Cejka
- Published on
- 16 September 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
Hackuity, a French vendor of an AI-based operational vulnerability management platform, has announced a $19 million funding round led by Forgepoint Capital International, bringing the total raised to $38 million. According to the press release, Hackuity's customers, including ENGIE and BPCE, have brought their rate of critical vulnerabilities down to 0.01%, cut their average remediation time by a factor of three, automated up to 70% of vulnerability management tasks and achieved savings of up to $1 million. The article also cites figures on the surge in vulnerabilities detected through AI: Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview reportedly identified more than 10,000 critical flaws in two months, and the number of catalogued CVEs has reached 350,000, up 20% in a year. Orange Cyberdefense is integrating the solution into its offering.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on Bpifrance →Figures cited
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19 million USD
amount of Hackuity's funding round
Hackuity, September 2026
« Hackuity, éditeur d'une plateforme de gestion opérationnelle des vulnérabilités (VOC) fondée sur l'intelligence artificielle, annonce une levée de fonds de 19 millions de dollars menée par Forgepoint Capital International »
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38 million USD
total amount raised by Hackuity since its founding
Hackuity
« Cette opération porte à 38 millions de dollars le montant total levé par Hackuity. »
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0.01 %
rate of critical vulnerabilities among Hackuity customers
Hackuity customers
« Les entreprises clientes d'Hackuity ont ramené leur taux de vulnérabilités critiques à 0,01 % »
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70 %
share of vulnerability management tasks automated among Hackuity customers
Hackuity customers
« Jusqu'à 70 % des tâches de gestion des vulnérabilités automatisées »
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1 million USD
savings made by Hackuity customers
Hackuity customers
« Des économies allant de plusieurs centaines de milliers à 1 million de dollars. »
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10,000 flaws
number of high- or critical-severity flaws identified by Claude Mythos Preview in under two months
Glasswing project, Anthropic
« À lui seul, Claude Mythos Preview d'Anthropic a identifié plus de 10 000 failles de gravité élevée ou critique en moins de deux mois, dont 99 % ne sont toujours pas corrigées »
Source: Anthropic — Projet Glasswing
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99 %
share of these flaws not yet fixed
Glasswing project, Anthropic
« dont 99 % ne sont toujours pas corrigées »
Source: Anthropic — Projet Glasswing
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350,000 CVEs
number of vulnerabilities catalogued under a CVE identifier
worldwide, 2025 review
« Le nombre de vulnérabilités répertoriées sous un identifiant CVE atteint désormais 350 000, en hausse de 20 % sur un an »
Source: Jerry Gamblin — Bilan des données CVE de 2025
Classification
- Country
- France
- Company size
- Large companies
- Industries
- Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · Energy, utilities, environment · Banking, insurance, asset management, finance departments · All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Forgepoint Capital International (cited), Engie (deploys AI), Bright Pixel Capital (cited), Seventure Partners (cited), BPCE (deploys AI), Bpifrance (cited), Hackuity (supplier), Anthropic (cited), Orange Cyberdefense (deploys AI)
- Keywords
- cybersecurity, vulnerability management, fundraising, artificial intelligence, automation, risk management
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Bpifrance and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.