Geordie, a startup founded by AI and cybersecurity veterans from Darktrace and Snyk, has emerged from stealth with $6.5 million in seed funding to tackle the critical challenge of securing autonomous AI agents in enterprise environments. Backed by General Catalyst and Ten Eleven Ventures, Geordie’s agent-native security platform delivers real-time visibility, risk intelligence, and policy-aligned control — enabling organizations to safely scale agentic AI without sacrificing innovation or operational continuity.
The Urgent Need for Agent-Native Security
As enterprises race to integrate AI agents into workflows — from customer service automation to supply chain optimization — a new security paradigm is required. Unlike traditional software, AI agents operate autonomously, make non-deterministic decisions, and can drift from their intended goals over time. According to an EY survey, nearly 90% of enterprise leaders report roadblocks to agentic AI adoption — with security, governance, and unpredictability topping the list.
Enter Geordie.
Founded in early 2025 by Henry Comfort (ex-Darktrace COO Americas), Hanah-Marie Darley (ex-Darktrace Director of Security & AI Strategy), and Benji Weber (ex-Snyk Senior Director of Engineering), Geordie is the first security platform built for agents — not retrofitted around them.
“We’re not applying legacy cybersecurity to a new problem,” said Henry Comfort, Co-founder and CEO. “Our platform is purpose-built for agents — so enterprises don’t have to choose between innovation and security.”
How Geordie Works: Visibility, Intelligence, Control
Geordie’s architecture is designed to handle the dynamic, evolving nature of AI agents. Its three-pillar approach ensures safe, scalable adoption:
- Agent Discovery & Mapping
Geordie is vendor-agnostic — detecting AI agents regardless of framework, tool, or deployment environment. It continuously maps agent behavior, decision paths, and configurations to build a living inventory of autonomous systems across the enterprise. - Real-Time Risk Intelligence
The platform assesses agent activity against enterprise policies, compliance frameworks, and historical risk patterns. It flags anomalies — such as unexpected API calls, data access escalation, or goal drift — before they become incidents. - “Beam” — Contextual, Real-Time Mitigation
Geordie’s proprietary “Beam” engine doesn’t just alert — it guides. When risky behavior is detected, Beam intervenes contextually, nudging agent decisions back into policy-compliant lanes — without halting operations. Think of it as “guardrails for autonomy.”
“Agentic systems demand similarly autonomous security systems — not traditional software,” said Mark Crane, Partner at General Catalyst. “Governing AI agents requires fundamentally different approaches. Geordie gets that.”
Why Investors Are Betting Big
The $6.5M seed round, co-led by General Catalyst and Ten Eleven Ventures, reflects growing urgency among enterprises to secure their AI transformation.
Dave Palmer, General Partner at Ten Eleven Ventures, emphasized the market gap:
“There’s no established playbook for deploying agentic AI securely. Limited visibility and misunderstood risks are key blockers for CISOs. Geordie gives leaders the confidence to bring strategic innovation in-house — and regain control over their rapidly evolving tech stack.”
Investors see Geordie not just as a point solution, but as foundational infrastructure for the next decade of enterprise AI — where autonomous systems will drive everything from HR onboarding to financial forecasting.
Founding Team: AI + Cybersecurity DNA
Geordie’s leadership brings deep expertise at the intersection of AI and security:
- Henry Comfort — Former COO Americas at Darktrace, where he scaled AI-driven threat detection across global enterprises.
- Hanah-Marie Darley — Led AI security strategy at Darktrace, specializing in behavioral modeling and adversarial AI risks.
- Benji Weber — Built scalable engineering platforms at Snyk, securing developer workflows for millions of users.
Together, they recognized that securing agents requires more than monitoring — it requires understanding intent, predicting drift, and enforcing alignment — all in real time.
“By offering visibility into agent activity and aligning decisions with enterprise policies, we’re building trust,” said Comfort. “Trust is the currency of AI adoption.”
The Road Ahead: Securing the Autonomous Enterprise
Geordie’s launch comes at a pivotal moment. As AI agents move from experimentation to production — managing customer interactions, executing trades, or controlling industrial systems — the cost of failure grows exponentially.
Geordie’s mission is clear: ensure that autonomy doesn’t mean anarchy.
The company is already working with early enterprise adopters across finance, healthcare, and logistics to pilot its platform. Future roadmap items include:
- Integration with major LLM and agent frameworks (LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI)
- Policy templating aligned with NIST AI RMF and EU AI Act
- AI agent “fitness scores” for procurement and vendor risk teams
As Mark Crane put it: “Tomorrow’s enterprise security must be built for intelligence that evolves its own decision paths. Geordie is building exactly that.”
With $6.5M in seed funding and a team forged in the fires of AI-driven cybersecurity, Geordie is poised to become the control plane for the agentic enterprise — turning risk into resilience, and uncertainty into strategic advantage.
About Geordie
Geordie’s agent native security platform helps organizations scale innovation safely by enabling real-time agent visibility, risk intelligence, and proactive risk mitigation. Founded in 2025 by cyber and AI experts from Darktrace and Snyk, Geordie’s mission is to provide the backbone for safe and scalable adoption of agentic AI in the enterprise. Geordie is backed by leading cybersecurity investor Ten Eleven Ventures and global venture capital firm General Catalyst. For more information, visit www.geordie.ai
About Ten Eleven Ventures
Ten Eleven Ventures is the original cybersecurity-focused, global and stage-agnostic investment firm. The firm finds, invests in and helps grow top cybersecurity companies addressing critical digital security needs, tapping its team, network and experience to help build successful businesses. Since its founding, Ten Eleven Ventures has raised over $US1 billion and made over 60 cybersecurity investments across stages worldwide, including KnowBe4, Darktrace, Axis Security, Twistlock, Verodin, Cylance and Ping Identity. For more information, please visit 1011vc.com.
About General Catalyst
General Catalyst is a global investment and transformation company that partners with the world’s most ambitious entrepreneurs to drive resilience and applied AI. We support founders with a long-term view who challenge the status quo, partnering with them from seed to growth stage and beyond. With offices in San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Berlin, Bangalore, and London, we have supported the growth of 800+ businesses, including Airbnb, Anduril, Applied Intuition, Commure, Glean, Guild, Gusto, Helsing, Hubspot, Kayak, Livongo, Mistral, Ramp, Samsara, Snap, Stripe, Sword, and Zepto.
