📰 Qevlar AI tackles alert fatigue with autonomous investigation

Qevlar AI is one of Network World’s 7 network security startups to watch for 2024. Its autonomous alert-investigation platform uses AI and automation to streamline the process of sifting through alerts from SIEM/EDR tools.

Qevlar AI at a glance

• Founded: 2023
• What they do: Provide autonomous alert investigation software
• Funding: €4.5 million
• Headquarters: Paris, France
• CEO: Ahmed Achchak
• Competitors include: CrowdStrike, Cyware, Devo (through the acquisition of LogicHub), and Google (through its acquisition of Siemplify)
• Customers include: U.NEAT

Why Qevlar AI is a startup to watch

SOC teams are overwhelmed by both the volume of alerts they must handle and the lack of context around those alerts. This not only wastes time and resources, but also increases the likelihood of false positives and negatives.

Qevlar AI intends to streamline this process through AI and automation. The startup’s autonomous alert investigation platform ingests alerts from security information and event management (SIEM) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools and uses built-in generative AI to analyze that data, replacing much of what is traditionally a manual process.

Qevlar AI determines whether each alert is malicious or not, generates a comprehensive report, and suggests remedial action. SOC analysts only receive alerts deemed malicious, validating that assessment. Analysts also receive suggested next steps and then a comprehensive incident report of each investigation.

Qevlar AI’s €4.5 million seed round was led by EQT Ventures. The round was also joined by several individual investors, including Olivier Pomel, CEO of Datadog; Mehdi Ghissassi, director of product at Google DeepMind; Florian Douetteau CEO of Dataiku; Edouard Viot, VP product of GitGuardian; and Tarik Dadi, CEO of Qantev.

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Jeff Vance is the founder of Startup50.com, a site that discovers, analyzes, and ranks tech startups. Follow him on Twitter, @JWVance, or connect with him on LinkedIn.