A cybersecurity startup founded by a former Palantir engineer has secured a $40 million investment backed by one of the most star-studded lists of angel investors ever assembled, signaling a major shift in the fight against AI-driven digital fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outtake, which uses autonomous AI agents to automatically detect and dismantle identity-based attacks, announced the closure of its $40 million Series B round on January 28, 2026<\/a><\/a>. The round was led by venture firm Iconiq, with participation from CRV and S32<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the funding amount is noteworthy in its own right, it is the roster of individual investors that has turned heads across Silicon Valley and the security industry. The angel list reads like a “who’s who” of tech and finance leadership<\/a><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The founder, Alex Dhillon, is a key to understanding this unprecedented backing. He spent nearly five years on Palantir\u2019s experimental “moonshot team,” working directly under CTO Shyam Sankar<\/a><\/a><\/a>. This experience not only shaped his technical approach but also provided the network that made this fundraising possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The reason we were able to get so many notable angels is because of the Palantir network,” Dhillon explained. “One introduction led to another which led to moguls writing checks”<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Outtake is tackling a problem that has exploded with the advent of generative AI. Cybercriminals can now use the technology to create highly convincing phishing emails, fake social media profiles, fraudulent ads, and malicious websites at an industrial scale<\/a><\/a>. Traditional, manual defense methods are completely outpaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “What they’ve built, from a product perspective, is so fundamentally differentiated relative to everything else that’s been on the market,” said Murali Joshi, General Partner at Iconiq, who is joining Outtake’s board<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Outtake\u2019s solution is a unified platform that deploys autonomous AI agents to act as a continuous defense system<\/a><\/a>. These agents don’t just scan for keywords; they perceive and understand threats across text, images, video, and audio, allowing them to uncover sophisticated impersonation campaigns that other tools miss<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The platform provides protection across four key threat surfaces<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
The Palantir Pedigree and the AI Arms Race<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How Outtake\u2019s “Agentic” AI Platform Works<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n