ESM adds an agentic AI layer that analyzes traffic, evaluates security rules, and automatically adjusts them in real time to boost protection and reduce false positives.

Legacy WAFs are seen as ill-suited for modern API-driven traffic, creating security and business risks for enterprises.

The platform plugs into existing WAFs, analyzes thousands of rules daily across major vendors, and processes over a trillion traffic requests from tens of thousands of domains.

Seed investors include 10D, SV Angel, ToDay Ventures, CCL, Alumni Ventures, plus over 30 CISOs and notable figures such as Mario Götze, Kelvin Beachum, and Larry Fitzgerald, with The Players Fund among participants.

The round features a mix of venture funds and industry executives, with high-profile athlete and cybersecurity figures contributing strategic value beyond capital.

Huskeys’ platform sits atop existing infrastructure with plug-and-play deployment across multi-cloud and multi-WAF environments, acting as the brain unifying CDN, WAF, infrastructure, and app layers.

Huskeys is redefining WAFs as a revenue enabler by delivering security that deploys in minutes and starts delivering value within hours, transforming protection from a blocker into a driver of revenue for fast-moving web apps.

CEO Itai Gafni says the platform delivers rapid deployment and immediate benefits without replacing existing security infrastructure, making Huskeys a game changer for revenue-driven websites.

The approach aligns security with the speed of modern applications, addressing API- and agent-driven traffic to prevent WAFs from blocking legitimate users and missing revenue.

Huskeys argues that current web security is inadequate as traffic shifts to APIs and automated agents, necessitating more connected, contextual, and autonomous protection that can adapt quickly.

An agentic layer over the edge security stack provides a unified control pane to orchestrate security across multi-cloud and multi-WAF setups.

The solution emphasizes rapid integration and real-time learning from traffic behavior, business logic, and risk to balance security with business performance.