Torq, a pioneer in Agentic AI security operations, has announced a landmark $140 million Series D funding round, elevating the company to a $1.2 billion valuation and bringing total funding to $332 million. The round was led by Merlin Ventures, a prominent cybersecurity-focused investment firm with deep reach into U.S. commercial and public sector markets, alongside continued participation from existing investors including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Ventures Partners, and Greenfield Partners.
This milestone signals strong market confidence in Torq’s mission: transforming the Security Operations Center (SOC) through enterprise-scale, autonomous AI.
Accelerating the Shift to the AI SOC Era
The new funding will fuel rapid adoption of the Torq AI SOC Platform, an end-to-end solution built to deliver operational autonomy through advanced hyperautomation, intelligent alert triage, and analyst fatigue reduction. As organizations face growing attack surfaces and increasingly sophisticated threats, traditional SOC models are struggling to keep pace.
Torq is addressing this gap by replacing fragmented workflows and manual processes with AI-powered security automation that operates at real-world enterprise scale—across both global enterprises and government agencies.
“Torq is redefining security operations,” said Shay Michel, Managing Partner at Merlin Ventures. By combining automation with human judgment, Torq has created an AI SOC platform designed for asymmetric threats and complex environments, positioning the company for accelerated expansion across commercial and public sector markets.
Delivering on the Promise of Agentic AI Security
According to CEO and co-founder Ofer Smadari, the Series D funding marks a pivotal moment in Torq’s evolution beyond legacy SOAR and SIEM technologies. The company’s Agentic AI foundation enables outcome-driven security operations that customers can rely on in high-stakes environments.
Global enterprise adoption has validated Torq’s vision, with Fortune 100 organizations deploying AI Agents across investigation, response, and remediation workflows. This traction, combined with Merlin Ventures’ expertise in government markets, positions Torq to scale rapidly into federal and public sector environments.
AI Agent Adoption Driving Explosive Growth
A key driver of Torq’s momentum in 2025 is the widespread adoption of its self-service AI Agents. Unlike legacy security tools that require heavy professional services, Torq enables security teams to build and deploy advanced agents with minimal effort.
Today, Torq AI Agents autonomously manage millions of security tasks inside Fortune 500 SOCs, turning Torq from a specialized solution into the primary platform for modern security operations.
This bottom-up adoption model delivers rapid time-to-value. Valvoline CISO Corey Kaemming highlighted how Torq transformed their SOC within 48 hours—automating phishing triage, accelerating alert handling, and freeing analysts to focus on proactive threat strategy.
Strategic Expansion Into Federal and Public Sector Markets
Torq’s partnership with Merlin Ventures is accelerating traction within the U.S. Federal and Public Sector. With nearly three decades of experience supporting government technology adoption, Merlin brings critical guidance around compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, enabling Torq to protect national-scale critical infrastructure.
This expansion represents a major growth frontier as government agencies modernize cybersecurity operations to meet evolving threat landscapes.
Enterprise Validation and Market Leadership
The Series D round reinforces Torq’s enterprise maturity and market leadership. In 2025 alone, the company achieved significant customer expansion and now supports hundreds of multinational organizations, including Marriott, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Uber, and Virgin Atlantic.
Torq further strengthened its position through the acquisition of RevRod, enhancing its multi-agent autonomous investigation capabilities. Key platform pillars include 100% automated alert triage and a self-service agent builder that allows SOC teams to manage exponentially more alerts without increasing headcount.
The Future of Autonomous Security Operations
As cyber threats continue to escalate in speed and complexity, Torq is leading the transition to AI-first security operations. By enabling autonomous investigations and scalable automation, Torq is redefining how modern SOCs operate—faster, smarter, and with measurable impact.
About Torq
Torq is transforming cybersecurity with the Torq AI SOC platform. Torq empowers enterprises to instantly and precisely detect and respond to security events at scale. Torq’s customer base includes major multinational enterprise customers, including Abnormal Security, Armis, Check Point Security, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inditex (Zara, Bershka, and Pull & Bear), Informatica, Kyocera, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Telefonica, Valvoline, Virgin Atlantic, and Wiz.
About Merlin Ventures
Merlin Ventures is the venture capital affiliate of Merlin Group, a network of companies with nearly 30 years of success bringing technologies to the U.S. government market. Merlin Ventures rapidly scales visionary companies and introduces disruptive solutions designed to help enterprises address today’s most critical cybersecurity challenges. Its unique business model combines robust infrastructure and capital, technical advisory and engineering advisory, market readiness acceleration, and deep-rooted government and industry relationships that enable its portfolio to rapidly grow and scale. Learn more at merlin.vc.
