Cathedral
Cathedral , a recently founded New York startup that aims to expand U.S. military cyber operations using AI, raised a $160 million round at a $1.4 billion post-money valuation.
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Cathedral , a recently founded New York startup that aims to expand U.S. military cyber operations using AI, raised a $160 million round at a $1.4 billion post-money valuation. The deal was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital . Reuters has more here .
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Founders / team· 4
Funding history
- 2026-07-22New funding round$160M
Investors · Sequoia Capital, Andreessen HorowitzSource · thenextweb.com ↗
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