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Neo

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AI-security company (out of stealth 2026-07 with ~$100M seed + Series A from a16z, Bessemer, Craft Ventures, Merlin Ventures; founded by former SentinelOne executives). Governs AI-enabled enterprise s observed

stale · evidence 6d ago 8 sources no confidence data
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7 independent sources 4 promoted signals latest signal 2026-08-03 inspect the evidence →

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Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk elevated · 0.31

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 1974 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention. ▲ 1974 MacBook Neo 2026-03-04 ↗

Raw observations 31 records
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Neo observed notion 2026-07-22 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 1974 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43982777", "title": "Databricks acquires Neon", "points": 389, "created_at": "2025-05-14", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverified"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43982777", "title": "Databricks acquires Neon", "points": 389, "created_at": "2025-05-14", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverified"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-05-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43982777", "title": "Databricks acquires Neon", "points": 389, "created_at": "2025-05-14", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverified"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-05-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43982777", "title": "Databricks acquires Neon", "points": 389, "created_at": "2025-05-14", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverified"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-05-14 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247645", "title": "MacBook Neo", "points": 1974, "created_at": "2026-03-04"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247645", "title": "MacBook Neo", "points": 1974, "created_at": "2026-03-04"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-03-04 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247645", "title": "MacBook Neo", "points": 1974, "created_at": "2026-03-04"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-03-04 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247645", "title": "MacBook Neo", "points": 1974, "created_at": "2026-03-04"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-03-04 normalized 0.20
description AI-security company (out of stealth 2026-07 with ~$100M seed + Series A from a16z, Bessemer, Craft Ventures, Merlin Ventures; founded by former SentinelOne executives). Governs AI-enabled enterprise s observed notion 2026-07-22 normalized 0.60
index.ai_tie AI_ADJACENT observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
registry.signals [{"claim": "As ordinary software acquires agentic capabilities via updates, dynamic permission/data-access/execution risk creates a new agent-governance market — Neo ($100M seed, ex-SentinelOne founde observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-22 superseded 0.60
registry.signals [{"claim": "As ordinary software acquires agentic capabilities via updates, dynamic permission/data-access/execution risk creates a new agent-governance market — Neo ($100M seed, ex-SentinelOne founde observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-07 normalized 0.60
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "we will ship in 2026. ... it'll be slow in the beginning. We want to do it right. But there will be a handful of custo observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "we are going to allow a lot of people to build on Neo. So we are also launching Neo as a platform. That's happening in observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "we sold out the first 10k in the first few days.", "stance": "bullish", "signal_class": "fact_claim", "speaker_name": observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "it's like a $500 a month subscription.", "stance": "neutral", "signal_class": "fact_claim", "speaker_name": "Burj Born observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "I sincerely believe that we have a platform now, which is so uniquely capable and so well situated that allowing peopl observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "we have an anti-weaponization stance.", "stance": "neutral", "signal_class": "fact_claim", "speaker_name": "SPEAKER_15 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "what we're trying to do right now in industrial use cases is a distraction for our business.", "stance": "neutral", "s observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "So focus. It's focus. It's not philosophical.", "stance": "neutral", "signal_class": "assessment", "speaker_name": "SP observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "I'm all about focus right now. We need to be focused on the markets that we think we're going to win in.", "stance": " observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "we have great ties with the government and we're happy to do any non-weaponization work with them. And we do do that t observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "EOD is one of, you know, explosive ordinance disposal is something that's a great use case for robots. And you're doin observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "I know that we have the best robot and the most capable robot in the world.", "stance": "bullish", "signal_class": "as observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZA65ND30VSKR1KXP57B139W", "signals": [{"quote": "if and when that time came that we had to make a tough decision, we would make the right one. But today we don't have observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-29 promoted 0.50
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