Deep Instinct is a cybersecurity company that applies

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to cybersecurity. The company implements advanced

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to the task of preventing and detecting

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. The company was the recipient of the ''Technology Pioneer'' by The World Economic Forum in 2017.

Overview

In 2015, Deep Instinct was founded by Guy Caspi, Dr. Eli David, and Nadav Maman. The headquarters of the company is located in

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. In July 2017,

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became an investor. According to ''

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'', NVIDIA’s investment enabled access to a GPU-based neural network and CUDA platform, which they were using to achieve maximum vulnerability detection rates. As of February 2020, the company has raised $43 million in Series C funding round. In April 2019, Deep Instinct commissioned an art project, titled ''

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'', by Chinese artist, Guo O Dong, consisting of a laptop infected with 6 pieces of malware that represented $95 billion in damages. The art was auctioned with a final bid of $1,345,000. In 2019, ''

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'' reported that, HP Inc partnered with Deep Instinct to launch their security solution ''HP SureSense'', which has been applied to the EliteBook and Zbook devices. In April 2021, Deep Instict Closes $100 Million Series D to accelerate growth.

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