{"data":{"id":"1d603887-ea29-498c-8a51-47e6c0cb9a6c","title":"From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing","summary":"Ocean, a new startup founded by former Israeli cybersecurity researcher Shay Shwartz, has raised $28 million to fight AI-powered phishing attacks (fraudulent emails designed to steal information). The company argues that AI makes phishing easier and faster by automating the research and targeting process that previously required manual effort, so traditional email security tools are insufficient. Ocean's solution uses a small language model (a scaled-down AI trained for specific tasks) to analyze incoming emails for fraud and impersonation by understanding context and the sender's intent.","solution":"Ocean built a small language model tailored to quickly analyze emails, understand the sender's intent, and evaluate it against the user's specific organizational context. According to the founder, this approach works like 'having a guard in every door' to make the inbox safe.","labels":["security","industry"],"sourceUrl":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/from-teen-hacker-to-iron-dome-researcher-this-founder-raised-28m-to-fight-ai-phishing/","publishedAt":"2026-05-19T21:08:51.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":["prompt_injection"],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Ocean","LLM"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","classifierPromptVersion":"v3","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-05-19T21:08:51.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["integrity"],"aiComponentTargeted":"api","llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.75,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}