Company profile
Cogent
Applied AI lab for finding and fixing vulnerabilities. $42M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures (Feb 2026; total $53M); valuation Undisclosed.
- Status
- PrivateResearch map: Series A / private · San Francisco · $42M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures (Feb 2026) · total $53M
- Valuation
- Undisclosed
- Latest funding
- Undisclosed
- Website
- cogent.com
- CyberMerge Index
- #3 · score 88 Oct 8, 2026
- Last updated
Categories
Funding & valuation
Funding: Undisclosed — no round recorded in the CyberMerge Funding Tracker.
Research map notes
- Research map · Vulnerability Management · Undisclosed $42M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures with Greylock and Definition (Feb 18, 2026; company PR). Total funding $53M. Valuation Undisclosed. Source (recorded Oct 8, 2026)
Rankings
- CyberMerge Index · Oct 8, 2026 #3 · score 88. Launch (same-day): Attack Path Analysis joins scanner, EDR, cloud, identity, repo and CMDB data into one graph and names the single fix that cuts each path to a crown-jewel asset, pitched against AI-agent attackers after the July Hugging Face intrusion. Its research claims 34… Source Daily momentum, not market cap.
Competitors
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On the desk
- Today's Deals · Product · Oct 8, 2026 Cogent launches attack-path analysis built for AI-agent attackers. Cogent press release (PR Newswire), Oct 8, 2026
Figures appear only as recorded in CyberMerge data, with source and date. “Undisclosed” means no published figure in our data. Editorial, not investment advice. Last updated . Spot an error? Tell the desk.