HOUSTON, April 24, 2025 — X2 Resources, LLC (“X2”) today announced it has secured an equity capital commitment from EnCap Investments L.P. (“EnCap”), Westlawn Group LLC (“Westlawn”), Rice Investment Group (“RIG”), and its management team.

With its robust sponsor support, X2 is targeting $500 million to multibillion-dollar acquisition opportunities across premier oil and gas basins. X2’s deep bench of talented team members and unique culture are its foundations for building and executing large-scale oil and gas developments.

Gray Lisenby, CEO of X2, commented “We are thrilled to be in partnership with EnCap, Westlawn, and RIG, and deeply appreciate their support and trust. Our equity partners and operating team are aligned and confident in our ability to develop large-scale assets and generate attractive risk-adjusted returns.”

“We are excited to partner with X2 in its next venture. X2 has a proven track record of excellence, and we believe the team is well positioned to capture a significant asset base and execute on a large-scale development program in an efficient and responsible manner to create value for its shareholders. We greatly appreciate our long-standing partnership with Gray and the X2 team and look forward to building another successful enterprise together,” said Jason DeLorenzo, Managing Partner of EnCap.

Previously, the team led the successful growth and sale of XCL Resources, LLC (“XCL”) to SM Energy Company and Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. for $2.64 billion in October 2024. XCL drilled 250 wells across 12 formations in Utah’s Uinta Basin, growing oil production from 10,000 to 60,000 barrels per day.

Vinson & Elkins LLP served as legal counsel to EnCap, Winston & Strawn LLP served as legal counsel to Westlawn, and Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal counsel to X2 on the formation of the new company.

About EnCap Investments L.P.

Since 1988, EnCap Investments L.P. has been a leading provider of venture capital to the independent sector of the U.S. energy industry. The firm has raised 25 institutional funds totaling more than $47 billion and currently manages capital on behalf of more than 350 U.S. and international investors. For more information, please visit www.encapinvestments.com.

About Westlawn Group

Founded in 2021, Westlawn is a Houston-based private investment firm focused on long-term investment in the global oil and gas industry. Westlawn acquires operated and non-operated interests in producing, development and exploration assets, as well as technologies that improve production. For more information, please visit www.westlawn.com.

About Rice Investment Group

Rice Investment Group (RIG) is a multi-strategy investment fund backed by the Rice family. The Rice brothers founded Rice Energy that later merged with EQT to form the largest natural gas producer in North America. RIG focuses on situations where its technical and strategic expertise can add shareholder value. For more information, please visit www.riceinvestmentgroup.com.

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Series A Investment Led by SYN Ventures with Participation from Existing Investor Peak XV Partners (Formerly Sequoia Capital SEA)

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 24, 2025 — SquareX, the pioneer in Browser Detection and Response (BDR), announced it is closing a $20 million in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures, a leading venture capital firm focused on cybersecurity investments, with participation from existing investor Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital SEA).

The browser has become a primary target for cyberattacks, creating a significant gap in enterprise security. Traditional security tools lack visibility into browser threats, while proprietary enterprise browsers can introduce friction, hindering user productivity and adoption. As the industry’s first Browser Detection and Response (BDR) solution, SquareX’s browser extension converts any browser into an enterprise-grade secure browser, providing the same functionality as dedicated enterprise browsers and more without the cumbersome change management. This unique approach revolutionizes browser security empowering enterprises to effectively manage threats like malicious extensions, phishing, genAI data leakage, insider threats, and more, directly within the browser environment, significantly reducing the enterprise attack surface without compromising user experience.

“The browser is the new endpoint, yet it remains a major blind spot for most organizations. Existing solutions often force a trade-off between security and usability,” said Vivek Ramachandran, CEO of SquareX. “We built SquareX to eliminate this compromise in browser security, offering robust protection that works with the browsers users are already familiar with. This Series A funding, led by the team at SYN Ventures, validates our vision of everyone being able to be online without fear.”

Jay Leek, Managing Partner & Founder of SYN Ventures, commented, “SquareX is tackling one of the most significant and underserved areas in cybersecurity today. The browser is ground zero for countless attacks, and the team at SquareX has developed an elegant and powerful solution that provides critical visibility and control where it’s needed most – directly within the native browser experience.”

“Having partnered with SquareX since their seed stage, we’ve been impressed by their vision and execution in tackling browser security challenges,” said Shailendra Singh, Managing Director, Peak XV. “We are excited to partner with them again as they demonstrate strong results in delivering much-needed cybersecurity capabilities to enterprise customers.”

About SquareX

SquareX is the pioneer of Browser Detection and Response (BDR), empowering organizations to proactively detect, mitigate, and effectively threat-hunt client-side web attacks. Through a simple browser extension, SquareX provides critical protection against a wide range of browser security threats, including malicious browser extensions, advanced spearphishing, browser-native ransomware, genAI DLP, and more. Find out more on www.sqrx.com.

About SYN Ventures 

SYN Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive and innovative security companies in the cybersecurity, industrial security, national defense, privacy, regulatory compliance, and data governance industries. The firm’s dedicated security team of former CISOs, CEOs, CTOs and Founders has a proven track record with over 400 years of combined security investing and operational experience. SYN also has a highly distinguished network of seasoned security advisors and CISOs.

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PORTLAND, Ore., April 24, 2025 — Araceli Biosciences, a pioneering biotechnology company revolutionizing high-content imaging and AI-powered analysis, today announced the successful completion of its Seed funding round, raising $7.2 million in new equity investment and converting $4.0 million in SAFEs, bringing total financing since Araceli’s spinout from Phoseon Technology to $11.2M. This funding will accelerate Araceli’s commercial expansion, scale manufacturing, and advance its next-generation AI-driven product offerings in high-content imaging.

Disrupting the Imaging Bottleneck in Drug Discovery
The Endeavor® High Content Imaging System is Araceli’s flagship platform, designed for ultra high-throughput imaging with exceptional data—delivering results up to 40x faster than traditional systems across a broad range of cellular assays. Paired with Clairvoyance, Araceli’s AI-driven analysis software, the platform delivers rapid, actionable insights that streamline workflows, reduce experimental errors, and dramatically speed up drug discovery timelines.

While advances in automation, genomics, and machine learning have transformed drug discovery, high-content imaging remains one of the slowest steps and a major bottleneck. Traditional imaging systems lack the speed and scalability required for modern AI-driven pipelines and multiplexed assays. Araceli addresses this critical gap with a platform purpose-built for speed, scale, and seamless AI integration—enabling researchers to generate more data, faster, with greater precision.

Strategic Use of Funds
Proceeds from the Seed round will support:

• Scaling operational infrastructure to meet growing demand
• Advancing market applications, including personalized medicine
• Advancing the platform’s hardware and software for real-time analysis capabilities
• Expanding marketing and business development efforts

“The future of AI-driven drug discovery and personalized medicine depends on imaging and analysis that happens in real time,” said Matt Beaudet, CEO of Araceli Biosciences. “Minutes and seconds matter. The old model of waiting hours—or even days—for data is over. At Araceli, we’re building a platform that moves at the speed of science.”

Bill Cortelyou, Board Chairman and lead investor, added, “Araceli’s breakthrough technology, experienced leadership, and clear market demand position the company well for significant growth potential.”

About Araceli Biosciences
Araceli Biosciences is a biotechnology company focused on accelerating drug discovery through innovations in high-content imaging and AI-driven analysis. With its flagship Endeavor® system and Clairvoyance software, Araceli empowers scientists to generate actionable insights faster and more efficiently across a wide range of biological applications.

Corporate Contact: Shawn MacDonald CFO, Araceli Biosciences
[email protected]
https://www.aracelibio.com/Corporate-Relations

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Firm’s geographic alpha strategy focuses on backing founders who localize proven, successful business models in high-potential regions, in fintech, commerce and health.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2025 — Fluent Ventures, a new global early-stage venture capital firm founded by investor and author Alex Lazarow, today announced its debut program. Fluent’s approach—what it calls geographic alpha—focuses on backing founders who localize successful business models in high-potential regions, across fintech, health and commerce. The firm plans to invest $40m through its hybrid platform, including a fund and a co-investment strategy.

“Fluent was born from a simple belief: the best ideas can come from anywhere—and scale everywhere,” said Alex Lazarow, General Partner at Fluent Ventures.

The firm’s current portfolio spans North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia—representing a new, globally distributed venture playbook. Early investments include:

• Sabi – a B2B marketplace transforming agricultural and industrial supply chains in Nigeria
• BRKZ – a Saudi construction tech platform led by Careem’s former COO
• Prima – a B2B manufacturing platform based in Mexico
• Baton and Iconic – U.S.-based startups innovating in small business M&A and AI-driven brokerage

Fluent is backed by more than 75 value-added LPs including unicorn founders, operators, and global investors, including David Vélez (Nubank), Adal Flores (Kueski), Sean Harper (Kin), Nick Nash (SEA Group), Akshay Garg (Kredivo), JC Glancy (ZenBusiness), and Lucas Ward (Kin).

“Business models don’t copy-paste. Context matters,” said David Vélez, cofounder and CEO of Nubank. “Fluent understands that while global problems may be universal, their solutions need to be adapted—and that’s where the opportunity lies.”

The firm’s strategy draws from Lazarow’s decade of experience at global funds including Omidyar Network and Cathay Innovation, where he invested in companies like Chime, Neon, Kin, Sidecar Health and others. It also builds on the thesis of his book Out-Innovate (Harvard Business Press), which explores how global entrepreneurs are rewriting the rules of Silicon Valley. The book has been translated into four languages and serves as the intellectual foundation for Fluent’s work.

“In 2013, just four cities had produced a unicorn. Today, it’s more than 150,” said Lazarow. “Entrepreneurship has gone global—and Fluent was built for exactly this shift.”

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Funding from Texas BOOT II Program Will Connect Over 6,750 Rural Homes and Businesses

HOUSTON, April 23, 2025 — The State of Texas has awarded Lyte Fiber, LLC, $57.8 million to expand high-speed broadband internet access in Marion and Navarro Counties.

Awarded through the State’s Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas (BOOT) II Program, the funding enables the Houston-based internet provider to connect more than 6,750 unserved or underserved rural homes and businesses, thus playing a crucial role in bridging the digital divide.

“This investment in broadband expansion is not solely about laying fiber; it’s about supporting economic growth, educational opportunities, healthcare access, and an overall enhanced quality of life for Texans in rural and underserved areas,” said Greg Conte, Director of the Texas Broadband Development Office. “We are dedicated to ensuring that all Texans have access to the internet speeds necessary to succeed in today’s digital landscape.”

“This significant funding award underscores Lyte Fiber’s unwavering commitment to building cutting-edge, lightning-fast, future-ready fiber infrastructure across Texas. As a Texas-based company, we are especially honored to partner with the State on this important endeavor to serve Texas families and further enhance the State’s economic competitive edge,” Lyte Fiber CEO Carter Old said.

The company plans to invest more than $11 million of its own funds in these projects, installing more than 900 miles of fiber infrastructure throughout Marion and Navarro Counties.

“Bridging the digital divide in rural Texas requires collaborative public/private partnerships strategically focused on delivering game-changing, affordable fiber connectivity to thousands of Texans who have gone too long without the connectivity they need and deserve,” Old added.

The State’s financial support comes from the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF) and the Texas Broadband Infrastructure Fund, which voters approved in 2023 to improve digital access throughout the state.

The BOOT Program, overseen by the Texas Comptroller’s Broadband Development Office (BDO), is a competitive grant initiative to provide fast, affordable broadband to communities in need. Lyte Fiber’s network buildout will bring reliable, gigabit-speed internet to these counties, creating new opportunities for residents and businesses.

About Lyte Fiber
Founded in 2023 in Houston, Texas, Lyte Fiber, LLC, is dedicated to providing the fastest and most reliable home and business fiber optic internet to communities across Texas and beyond. Formed in partnership with SDC Capital Partners, a leading digital infrastructure investment firm, Lyte Fiber was started by internet industry veterans passionate about offering a best-in-class customer experience, building a great workplace, and connecting Texas communities. As part of its commitment to each community it serves, Lyte Fiber pledges a 1 percent giveback to local charities and causes annually. For more information, visit www.lytefiber.com.

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CLEVELAND, April 23, 2025 — Coologics Inc., a clinical-stage medical device company, today announced the successful closing of their Seed round. The round was oversubscribed, demonstrating strong investor confidence in Coologics’ vision and technology around its initial product, Vlisse.

The seed funding round secured over $3 million in investment, exceeding the initial target of $1.5 million. The funding was led by Prevail and Dream Ventures and saw material participation from two university alumni groups, Ohio State Early Investor Network and Illinois Ventures Illini Angels Program. The Company’s CEO/founder, Dr. Kim Langdon and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Nicole Williams are alumni of the Ohio State University and the University of Illinois, respectively.

This significant capital injection will be instrumental in accelerating Coologics’ key milestones, around the completion of their ongoing clinical trial, FDA submission and initial market release of their flagship product, Vlisse.

“We are beyond excited about the investor commitment to Coologics,” said Dr. Langdon, CEO/Founder. “The overwhelming interest in our seed round validates the critical need for a more effective treatment for vaginal infections. We are thrilled to welcome our new investors and leverage their expertise to accelerate our growth and deliver impactful solutions to female patients and their clinicians.”

“Dr. Langdon’s vision and passion for this problem is what excited us the most about Coologics,” said Kerry Lawing, Prevail Ventures CEO, “This market is ripe for innovative solutions like Vlisse. I look forward to watching our experienced teams at Prevail and Dream strategically support Coologics efforts in bringing Vlisse to market.”

Coologics Inc. is committed to supporting female health and treating the underlying issues affecting women daily. The successful completion of this seed round marks a significant step forward in realizing this vision and bringing its groundbreaking solution, Vlisse, to market.

About Coologics Inc.

Coologics aims to revolutionize women’s health by providing innovative, drug-free solutions for vaginal infections. The company is committed to developing sustainable treatments that reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics, addressing the growing concern of antibiotic resistance. Vlisse is an innovative, drug-free intravaginal cooling device designed to treat vaginal infections, including VVC, BV, and mixed infections by leveraging its patented cooling mechanism. This approach represents a paradigm shift from traditional antifungal drugs, focusing on restoring the vaginal environment to a healthy state without the use of chemicals.

For more information visit https://coologics.com

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Iron Gate Capital, SJF Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, Boulder Heavy Industries (BHI), and RLB Holdings reinvest $5M to expand Respondology’s Comment Activation Platform vision.

BOULDER, Colo., April 23, 2025 — Respondology, the pioneering leader in social media comment moderation and intelligence and creator of the industry’s first Comment Activation Platform, today announced the successful closure of its $5 million Series A-1 funding round. This internal round builds on the $11 million Series A funding secured in 2023 from the same investor group, highlighting investor confidence in the company’s vision.

Respondology’s Comment Activation Platform operates in over 100 languages and provides two flagship products: Moderate, which protects brands in real-time from toxic comments, abuse, spam, and bots; and Discover, which delivers valuable insights by analyzing comment trends and sentiment in a few clicks and 30 seconds. Together, these solutions turn unstructured comment data into strategic marketing intelligence, helping brands enhance audience engagement and refine their marketing strategies.

Initially established as the industry leader in instant, AI-powered comment moderation, Respondology continues to expand beyond moderation in direct response to evolving market demands. As brands mature their social media marketing strategies, they’re asking for more than protection from comments and spam–they need a way to harness the insights hidden in those same comment streams. Investors reinvested in Respondology not just for its category-defining moderation capabilities, but because the company is meeting this growing demand: empowering brands to both safeguard their presence and extract meaningful, actionable intelligence from social conversations.

“We backed Respondology again because they’re solving a real and growing problem for brands and using advanced AI to tackle it,” said Dan Geballe, Managing Director at SJF Ventures. “There’s no question that comment sections have become a critical part of how companies connect with their audiences—and in many cases, a liability. Reducing toxic noise, abuse, and spam creates safer online spaces and protects brand value. Respondology is way ahead of the curve in helping brands not just clean up those conversations, but learn from them, and realize higher return on investment for their paid social media efforts. They’ve defined a category and are building something with staying power.”

As platforms like Meta relax their hate speech policies, brands are increasingly left to protect themselves, and the stakes are high ($250 billion is estimated to be spent on social media advertising this year). Respondology’s moderation solution not only protects brand integrity in real time, it also boosts performance: clients see a 17.6% average increase in ROAS on TikTok and a 7.35% lift on Meta thanks to instant moderation. By eliminating toxic noise and surfacing meaningful insights, Respondology helps brands get more out of their social media investments.

“Social media comment streams have become the number one communication channel between brands and their consumers, prospects, followers, and fans,” says Erik Swain, CEO & Co-Founder of Respondology. “But with platforms stepping back from enforcement, brands are left to fend for themselves–and they’re leaning in more than ever. This is why marketers not only want and need moderation, but also to learn from those social conversations and soon, engage in a personalized way at scale with their audience. This follow-on investment funds Respondology’s continued leadership delivering these in-demand solutions to the market.”

The company now serves over 450 brands across sports, entertainment, consumer goods, and marketing agencies, collectively protecting over two billion followers by moderating over 365 million comments globally. Respondology’s customers report immediate improvements, including an increase in return on ad spend (ROAS), significant time savings of internal resources, improved brand sentiment, and invaluable insights surfaced from the focus group in their comment sections.

The new investment will accelerate Respondology’s product development—enhancing existing capabilities and supporting the launch of a third flagship product—while also expanding the team and scaling go-to-market efforts to meet rapidly growing customer demand.

About Respondology:

Respondology gives marketers access to all the value from their social comment sections so they can listen, learn, and act. Unlike traditional social media management tools that focus on scheduling, monitoring, and basic listening, Respondology’s Comment Activation Platform moderates comments and surfaces actionable insights from what your audience is talking about in seconds. Learn more at respondology.com.

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New funding supports scaling secure software development—from open source to AI—while boosting developer velocity and raising the bar on customer experience

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 23, 2025 — Endor Labs, the fastest-growing company in application security, today announced its oversubscribed $93 million Series B funding round led by DFJ Growth, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and existing backers including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, Section 32, and Citi Ventures.

Endor Labs has achieved 30x Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) growth and 166% Net Revenue Retention (NRR) since its Series A just 18 months ago. The platform now protects more than 5 million applications and runs over 1 million scans each week for customers including OpenAI, Rubrik, People.ai, Observe.ai, Mysten Labs, and several global financial institutions.

“Developers’ increasing reliance on AI-generated code further complicates the challenge for security teams,” said Ramin Sayar, Venture Partner, DFJ Growth. “Endor Labs embraces this shift with their unparalleled expertise in rethinking security from the ground up – and outing risky AI-generated code and uniquely optimizing remediation strategies.”

Today’s Series B funding round will support the expansion of the Endor Labs’ AppSec platform that uses this context to power a new generation of AI agents that operate inside the software development lifecycle—not just alerting, but acting. The company today also announced its major expansion of its AppSec platform—purpose-built for the era of AI-generated code and “vibe coding.” Powered by agentic AI and the industry’s richest security dataset, the platform doesn’t just identify risks—it prioritizes them, proposes remediations, and can apply fixes automatically. The result: entire classes of threats are neutralized before they ever reach production. You can read more about it here.

“We are building for the scale required to secure this AI era and not letting intermediate market volatility diverge us from our big goals. Our marquee customers need an application security platform that supports the pace of development they are confronting with AI. It is an honor to be that platform, to do a raise proactively, at a time like this, and to get to work with such quality investors, who share our commitment to excellence and innovation,” said Varun Badhwar, co-founder and CEO of Endor Labs.

The funding is a testament to Endor Labs’ unique market position. It is built for a world where software is being written faster—and with less oversight—than ever before. With 62% of AI-generated solutions containing bugs or security vulnerabilities, and nearly 30% including critical weaknesses, traditional tools simply can’t keep up. Endor Labs addresses this head-on with a unique combination of deep technical analysis and intelligent automation.

For more information about the expanded AI platform, please visit: http://www.endorlabs.com/learn/meet-the-appsec-platform-built-for-the-ai-era

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About Endor Labs
Endor Labs is building the application security platform for the software development revolution. From open source to AI-generated code, it helps teams identify, prioritize, and fix the vulnerabilities that actually matter—faster. With deep program analysis, automated remediation, and unmatched dataset coverage, Endor Labs empowers modern engineering and security teams to move fast without compromise.

Founded by Varun Badhwar and Dimitri Stiliadis, Endor Labs is backed by leading VCs including DFJ Growth, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, and Dell Technologies Capital.

About DFJ Growth

DFJ Growth is a prominent investor in emerging technology leaders during their scaling phase of development. Founded in 2005, DFJ Growth partners with extraordinary, mission-driven entrepreneurs disrupting the status quo with game-changing innovations that become iconic companies. Our investments include Anaplan (NYSE: PLAN), Anduril, Box (NYSE: BOX), Cellares, Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Neuralink, Patreon, Ring (Amazon), ScaleAI, SolarCity (Tesla), SpaceX, Stripe, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), Twitter, Unity (NYSE: U), and xAI. DFJ Growth is a fearless investor and steadfast partner to founders who imagine the future and execute on their bold visions to define it.

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Fastest-growing AppSec company ever, brings to bear the most comprehensive security dataset for AI-generated code and the vibe coding era

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 23, 2025 — Endor Labs, the fastest-growing company in application security, today announced a major expansion of its AppSec platform—purpose-built for the era of AI-generated code and “vibe coding.” Powered by Agentic AI and the industry’s richest security dataset, the platform doesn’t just identify risks—it prioritizes them, proposes remediations, and can apply fixes automatically. The result: entire classes of threats are neutralized before they ever reach production.

“We’re in the middle of the software development revolution. Until recently, 80% of code came from open source. Moving forward, 80% will be generated by AI. That future isn’t far off—it’s already reshaping how software gets built today, ” said Varun Badhwar, co-founder and CEO of Endor Labs. “Everyone’s building AI agents, but most are just wrappers around LLMs. What makes our agents powerful is the data underneath. We’ve spent years building the security dataset the industry needs to make AI actually useful for AppSec teams.”

Endor Labs is built for a world where software is being written faster—and with less oversight—than ever before. With 62% of AI-generated solutions containing bugs or security vulnerabilities, and nearly 30% including critical weaknesses, traditional tools simply can’t keep up. Endor Labs addresses this head-on with a unique combination of deep technical analysis and intelligent automation. Over the past three years, the team of world-renowned program analysis experts at Endor Labs has:

• Analyzed 4.5 million open source projects and AI models
• Mapped 150+ risk factors to each
• Built call graphs indexing billions of functions and libraries
• Annotated the exact lines where known vulnerabilities exist

This context powers a new generation of AI agents that operate inside the software development lifecycle—not just alerting, but acting.

The company today also announced its $93 million Series B funding round led by DFJ Growth, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and existing backers including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, Section 32, and Citi Ventures. This funding will support the expanded AppSec platform and Endor Labs’ position as the fastest-growing AppSec platform. You can read further details about the financing here.

What’s New: Agentic AI for AppSec

At the core of the platform are dedicated AI agents built specifically for application security. These agents reason about code like developers, architects, and security engineers. They work in concert to review code, identify risks, and recommend precise fixes—extending the capabilities of security teams without creating developer friction.

Endor Labs is launching the first capabilities built on this platform today:

AI Security Code Review

Endor Labs uses multiple AI agents to review every pull request (PR) for architectural changes that impact your security posture, and fall outside the scope of legacy Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and vulnerability scanning tools. For example:

• Addition of AI systems that are vulnerable to prompt injection
• Modifications to authentication or authorization mechanisms
• Introduction of new public API endpoints
• Changes to cryptographic implementations
• Alterations to sensitive data handling

Key benefits:

• Surfaces high-risk changes buried in thousands of pull requests
• Cuts false positives and alert fatigue with contextual prioritization
• Lets security engineers focus on what actually matters

“We’re looking for better ways to scale how we identify business logic risks and unknown unknowns in our codebase.” Said Mark Breitenbach, Security Engineer at Dropbox. “Traditional static analysis tools haven’t really given us the lift we need. Being able to detect risks that we’d otherwise miss manually or through traditional automation is hugely valuable.”

MCP Plugin for Cursor (Real-Time AI Code Security)

As “vibe coding” becomes the norm—where developers move fast and follow intuition—the MCP plugin brings security directly into AI-native tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot. It scans code as it’s written, flags risks, and helps developers and AI coding agents fix issues without slowing them down. In short, it brings the power and context of Endor Labs right into Cursor and Copilot, long before a pull request is even created. This transforms what used to be a weeks-long process involving security tickets, developer back-and-forth, and manual fixes into an automated workflow that resolves issues in minutes—all without disrupting the developer experience.

“Despite the advances we see on a daily basis, application security teams are still struggling to adopt AI in a way that helps them improve productivity,” said Chris Steffen, Vice President of Research at Enterprise Management Associates. “They need greater visibility and context into AI-generated code, and solutions to help them uncover security risks sooner and faster. Endor Labs is ahead of the game with AI innovations built specifically for application security engineers using its wealth of data and knowledge.”

Availability
AI Code Security Review will be available to all Endor Labs customers in May. To see it in action or book a meeting at RSA Conference, visit endorlabs.com.

About Endor Labs
Endor Labs is building the application security platform for the software development revolution. From open source to AI-generated code, it helps teams identify, prioritize, and fix the vulnerabilities that actually matter—faster. With deep program analysis, automated remediation, and unmatched dataset coverage, Endor Labs empowers modern engineering and security teams to move fast without compromise.

Founded by Varun Badhwar and Dimitri Stiliadis, Endor Labs has raised $163M from leading VCs including DFJ Growth, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Coatue, Section32, and Dell Technologies Capital.

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Ray George
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