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Yotam Segev

Cofounder, Cyera

Search every verified Yotam Segev interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Yotam Segev, co-founder and CEO of Cyera, appeared on Squawk Box Europe and Schwab Network in September 2026 to discuss the company's recent funding and its focus on securing data for the agentic AI era. He noted that Cyera raised $400 million from Goldman Sachs Alternatives as an extension to its Series G round, valuing the company at over $12 billion, and mentioned a $600 million capital raise and a $1 billion acquisition of Oasis Security. Segev said the company is in no rush to pursue an IPO, stating that it is focused on customer needs and can continue growing in private markets. In both appearances, Segev discussed the cybersecurity challenges posed by AI agents, arguing that agents require more controls than human employees because traditional penalties do not apply to them. He stated that cyber security is the last line of defense for managing what agents can see and do, and suggested that only agents will be able to protect against other agents, requiring a transformation from human-based to agentic-based security programs. He also commented that recent gains in cybersecurity stocks are justified given the increasing importance of cyber controls with AI adoption, and noted that less regulated organizations are more likely to take risks with rapid AI rollout.

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“Regulators are doubling down on everything to do with data and controls over data, whether that's in financial services, in health care, in consumer businesses. And also when you look at the realities of security, right? Like you might be able to patch all the vulnerabilities in all of your sensitive infrastructure and still somebody will just be able to access your data because you left it available.”

“Investment in AI has to go hand in hand with investment in security. If you're going to invest $100 million in your AI transformation initiative and all of that is going towards upleveling your security, the gap is getting wider and wider.”

“We used to fight humans and now we're fighting machines. We're living in the Terminator movie and we better get ourselves ready because it's going to be a much much more intense battle.”

“This last fund raise is allowing us to accelerate the time to impact, to really invest and double down on our product, our platform, to be able to continue to grow it at an extraordinary pace organically, and also to give us the opportunity to grow it with the right partners inorganically by making acquisitions, strategic acquisitions into spaces where we we see our customers needing us to be, and we're not there yet”

“מתל אביב סיירה ב-12 מיליארד זה נראה כמו איזה דבר ענק. מניו יורק סיירה ב-12 מיליארד זה נראה כמו דבר קטן שהולך להיות ענק. היכולת פה להסתכל ולהגיד ולראות את הפוטנציאל להפוך להיות חברה של 100 מיליארד דולר מרקט קאפ ולהפוך להיות חברה של 200 מיליארד דולר מרקט קאפ - רואים את הדרך הזאת והיא במידה רבה הרבה יותר ברורה ומונעת מהדרך להגיע לפרודקט מרקט פיט ראשוני ולמוצר שהלקוחות באמת מגיבים אליו ולהצליח לצבור לקוחות ראשונים.”

“אנחנו בעצם עשינו סיבוב גיוס נוסף עכשיו של 600 מיליון דולר בשווי של 12 מיליארד דולר. זה מיילסטון מאוד מאוד יפה ובעיקר אני מבסוט שהוא הגיע בקצב מאוד מהיר מהסיבוב הקודם. זאת אומרת היכולת להמשיך להראות את ההתקדמות של החברה ואת הצמיחה של החברה ואת התוצאות שמצטברות. זה באמת סיבוב נהדר ואני חושב שמבחינת סיירה זה נותן לנו את היכולת להיות עוד יותר אגרסיביים, ללכת עוד יותר חזק לתוך השוק, להשקיע במוצר שלנו גם מבחינת הנדסה, להגד”

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