# Zenity Raises $125 Million Series C for AI Agent Monitoring

> As companies rush to deploy autonomous AI agents, a market is forming to keep an eye on them, and Zenity just raised $125 million to lead it. The Series C drew a notable roster of backers including Norwest, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Hitachi, and LG, a sign that big industrial players see agent oversight as a real need rather than a hypothetical. Zenity, based in Tel Aviv and New York with around 230 employees, focuses on monitoring AI agents in regulated, high-stakes sectors like finance, telecom, healthcare, pharma, and energy. The pitch is straightforward: once you let software act on its own inside sensitive systems, you need a way to watch what it does, catch misbehavior, and prove compliance. The raise captures a broader shift in AI security. The conversation is moving from securing models to governing agents that take actions, and Zenity is betting that watching the watchers becomes a category of its own.

_Section: [AI Funding Tracker](https://www.wortins.com/funding) · Source: Fortune · Published Thursday, August 6, 2026_

## Wortins' read

As companies rush to deploy autonomous AI agents, a market is forming to keep an eye on them, and Zenity just raised $125 million to lead it. The Series C drew a notable roster of backers including Norwest, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Hitachi, and LG, a sign that big industrial players see agent oversight as a real need rather than a hypothetical. Zenity, based in Tel Aviv and New York with around 230 employees, focuses on monitoring AI agents in regulated, high-stakes sectors like finance, telecom, healthcare, pharma, and energy. The pitch is straightforward: once you let software act on its own inside sensitive systems, you need a way to watch what it does, catch misbehavior, and prove compliance. The raise captures a broader shift in AI security. The conversation is moving from securing models to governing agents that take actions, and Zenity is betting that watching the watchers becomes a category of its own.

## Source

[Read the full story at Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/08/03/softbank-hitachi-lg-back-zenitys-125-million-round-to-police-ai-agents)

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