Torq announced significant advancements in Torq AI SOC innovation after it acquired Series D funding of $140 million. The company declared its new valuation to be $1.2 billion. This is because the extra milestone shows increased demand for next-generation AI-powered security operations. Torq said that the new capital shall quicken the expansion of its platform & add more teeth to its AI automation. The company promises to lead the emerging agentic AI era. It will offer a more open and powerful autonomous decision-making feature.
“Torq is redefining security operations,” said Shay Michel, Managing Partner at Merlin Ventures.“ They’ve fused automation and human judgment into a new AI SOC platform built for asymmetric threats and real-world scale. This is why Merlin is leading the investment. Our focus now is speed accelerating go-to-market, expanding across commercial and government markets. Building the next global category leader in AI security operations.”
“This funding accelerates our mission to lead the AI SOC market,” said Ofer Smadari, CEO and co-founder of Torq. “ We are moving beyond legacy SOAR and SIEM, using the Agentic AI Era to deliver reliable outcomes. Global enterprise adoption has validated our vision, with Fortune 100 customers using our AI Agents for investigations and responses. Our partnership with Merlin Ventures signals that Torq is ready to scale into Federal and Public Sector markets.”
Driving Innovation and Enterprise Adoption
Investors were highly confident in Torq’s momentum. Moreover, Torq plans to further develop workflow intelligence using funding and expand its reach globally. The management confirmed that Torq AI SOC’s innovation will remain central to the company’s vision & integral to its long-term strategy. The company said its AI-powered automation platform is being adopted rapidly by enterprises that want to speed their threat response. Enterprises are now looking for scalable automation. That’s why Torq is seeking to offer firms stronger threat detection and autonomous incident response. They believe that Torq AI SOC innovation will revolutionize how SOCs work worldwide. This new milestone underlines leadership and opens the doors to rapid innovation at Torq.
“Torq delivers fast, measurable value to Valvoline’s SOC & eliminates manual tasks that consumed our analysts’ time,” said Corey Kaemming, CISO, Valvoline. “ Within 48 hours of deployment. Our team used Torq’s AI SOC Platform to automate phishing triage, speed up alert handling, and reduce response times. Analysts reclaimed hours, containment became automatic, and our security team shifted from reactive to proactive. Torq turned our vision into reality, and my team is thrilled with it.”
“We’re always innovating our security operations approach at Virgin Atlantic. The Torq AI SOC Platform is delivering significant benefits,” said John White, CISO, Virgin Atlantic. “Today, innovation comes from an AI-first approach, which Torq excels at. It makes our security operations simpler and more efficient. Providing full coverage across our security stack. Torq is now our umbrella platform.”
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Source: Businesswire
