09 Jul Adaptive: OpenAI’s Investment for AI Cyber Threats. Next-Generation Security Awareness Training.
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine
Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 9, 2025
Adaptive Security provides one platform to prevent GenAI social engineering.
The cybersecurity startup is upgrading the human firewall for deepfake personas, vishing, smishing, and advanced email spear phishing.
In a new 3-minute video produced by Cybercrime Magazine, Brian Long, co-founder and CEO at Adaptive, explains AI social engineering is the number one security threat to business, and it’s only getting smarter.
Adaptive recently announced its $43 million investment round, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and the OpenAI Startup Fund—marking OpenAI’s first-ever investment in a cybersecurity company.
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