Horizon3.ai, a provider of offensive security solutions, announced an investment from Prosperity7 Ventures, the diversified venturing fund of Aramco Ventures, with a shared focus on safeguarding AI datacenters and critical infrastructure supporting the global economy.
As AI adoption accelerates, the datacenters powering these systems have become high-value targets for adversaries. Horizon3.ai’s NodeZero® Offensive Security Platform addresses this by demonstrating how attackers can breach systems, assessing the efficacy of existing controls, and illustrating the potential impact of an attack, ranging from intellectual property theft to ransomware events. This investment aims to further advance Horizon3.ai’s mission to secure AI infrastructure and other operationally critical environments that require continuous, attacker-aligned testing.
Government agencies and policy experts have cautioned that AI-driven infrastructure is expanding the global attack surface, creating new pathways for disruption to essential services and economic stability. A recent public report detailing the first known autonomous, AI-orchestrated cyber-espionage campaign highlights the rapid weaponization of these capabilities by adversaries. Securing AI datacenters and critical infrastructure is now considered a strategic, global imperative.
Snehal Antani, CEO and Co-Founder of Horizon3.ai, stated, “AI datacenters and critical infrastructure are now front-line targets. Prosperity7 Ventures recognizes the urgency. Their investment reinforces our approach: autonomous pentesting that produces evidence, not assumptions, so organizations can verify they’re truly harder to breach.”Abhishek Shukla, Managing Director at Prosperity7 Ventures US, commented, “Horizon3.ai is setting the pace for proactive cybersecurity. NodeZero’s ability to chain weaknesses into real attack paths and validate controls in live environments provides the measurable resilience that sectors like energy, healthcare, and government require. We are excited to support their continued growth.”Horizon3.ai continues to experience accelerated momentum, with nearly 5,000 organizations worldwide utilizing NodeZero to strengthen their environments. This includes leading entities in healthcare, energy, national security, and semiconductor manufacturing. The investment follows the introduction of Threat Informed Perspectives, a new capability designed to measure an organization’s breach containment strength across identity, cloud, and segmented networks.
Horizon3.ai’s NodeZero® Platform is utilized by 40% of the Fortune 10, major global banks, top pharmaceutical and semiconductor manufacturers, critical infrastructure operators worldwide, and the US Defense Industrial Base. The platform helps proactively identify, remediate, and verify exploitable vulnerabilities to continuously fortify cyber defenses and enhance cyber resilience. Recognized as the fastest-growing cybersecurity company in America by Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Fast 500, Horizon3.ai was founded by US Special Operations veterans and industry experts and is headquartered in San Francisco.
Prosperity7 Ventures (P7) is the diversified venturing fund of Aramco Ventures, the venturing arm of Aramco. P7 invests globally with a long-term perspective in breakthrough technologies and transformational business models aimed at generating widespread prosperity and positive impact.
