Agentic AI is emerging as a favorite in the fight against phishing attacks, which have increased in sophistication thanks to hackers’ own use of artificial intelligence — and DMV companies are leading the way.

Sublime Security, which focuses on email security, announced a $150 million Series C, while Arlington cybersecurity company ThreatConnect was acquired by NY juggernaut Dataminr for $290 million. HyperSpectral also raised $7 million to continue building its detection technology that flags pathogens and substances.

Keep scrolling to get the details on those moves and more financial news.

Sublime Security is building technology to automate defending systems from threats, specifically related to email attacks. It touts reaction speed as one of the benefits of its AI agents, per a press release.

The DC-based company will use the cash infusion to add more agents to its platform and expand to serve global customers.

“We believe that Sublime’s use of agentic AI to counter adversaries is redefining how organizations defend themselves — with more context, precision, speed, and transparency than has been possible before,” said Russell Moore, partner at lead investor Georgian.

Sublime’s tech has been garnering lots of interest; Index Ventures and Citi are among the new investors, joining a roster that includes Avenir and 10A..

The startup already boasts big-name enterprise customers, like Spotify and defense tech firm Anduril.

Dataminr, a New York company last valued at $4.1 billion, acquired Arlington, VA’s ThreatConnect to build an agentic AI feature that detects threats and provides personalized insights to customers about possible attacks.

The $290 million deal will give Dataminr access to ThreatConnect’s more than 250 global government and private sector customers, including Nike and Wells Fargo. Beyond cybersecurity tools, this acquisition will expand the tech to offer internal data insights.