Ent Raises $100 Million Seed to Build Intent‑Aware Endpoint Security

Overview

• Ent emerged from stealth with a $100 million seed round led by Decibel and participation from Sequoia, Crosspoint, Craft, Shield, Felicis, and In‑Q‑Tel.
• The company was founded by Elias Manousos and Brandon Dixon, veterans of RiskIQ and contributors to Microsoft Security Copilot.
• Ent ships a lightweight agent for Windows, macOS, Linux and a browser extension that uses on‑device AI models to evaluate user and agent intent and intervene before risky actions finish.
• The funding will expand engineering and go‑to‑market teams and accelerate development of what Ent calls “multimodal endpoint intelligence.”
• Analysts say the round signals investor concern that legacy EDR tools lag in the age of autonomous AI agents, but independent technical validation and named customer references remain limited.