What’s next for cybersecurity, according to Index Ventures’ Shardul Shah

As AI systems become more powerful, cybersecurity experts are investing heavily in new AI-native security tools (security systems designed specifically to protect against AI-related threats) to handle emerging risks like coordinated attacks from multiple AI agents. Traditional human-controlled security checks can no longer keep pace with these threats, leading investors to fund startups building automated, machine-to-machine defenses (security systems where AI tools communicate and respond to threats without human intervention for each decision).