# Guardio Raises $40M at $1.1B Valuation for AI Scam Defense

> Israeli security startup Guardio has raised $40M at a $1.1B valuation, with backing that includes Wiz founder Assaf Rappaport alongside institutional investors. The company focuses on protecting ordinary consumers rather than enterprises. Its product defends against the wave of AI generated scams, from convincing phishing pages to deepfake voices and videos, using its own AI to detect and block threats before they reach people. Guardio frames this as an arms race, since the same generative tools that make scams cheap to produce also make them far harder to spot. The raise brings Guardio's total funding since 2018 to about $167M, and lands as deepfake enabled fraud climbs sharply in 2026. Consumer security has long been the neglected corner of cyber, so a unicorn valuation for a company aimed squarely at everyday users is a notable signal about where the threat is heading.

_Section: [AI Funding Tracker](https://www.wortins.com/funding) · Source: SiliconANGLE · Published Friday, September 4, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Israeli security startup Guardio has raised $40M at a $1.1B valuation, with backing that includes Wiz founder Assaf Rappaport alongside institutional investors. The company focuses on protecting ordinary consumers rather than enterprises. Its product defends against the wave of AI generated scams, from convincing phishing pages to deepfake voices and videos, using its own AI to detect and block threats before they reach people. Guardio frames this as an arms race, since the same generative tools that make scams cheap to produce also make them far harder to spot. The raise brings Guardio's total funding since 2018 to about $167M, and lands as deepfake enabled fraud climbs sharply in 2026. Consumer security has long been the neglected corner of cyber, so a unicorn valuation for a company aimed squarely at everyday users is a notable signal about where the threat is heading.

## Source

[Read the full story at SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/03/guardio-raises-40m-at-1-1b-valuation-to-enhance-consumer-cybersecurity/)

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