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TechCrunch May 19, 2026 at 21:08 Startups Rising Hot

From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing

Ocean, an agentic email security platform, raised funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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