Alethea Raises $20M in Series B Funding for Disinformation Mitigation
Summary
"Companies biggest vulnerabilities today lie outside of their own systems, and the incoming threats we have to worry about are from those who are weaponizing information to break into and manipulate customer, investor, and stakeholder decisions," said Lisa Kaplan, Founder and CEO of Alethea. With its flagship product, Artemis, Alethea is redefining the early warning of security risks, detecting the first signs of cyber attacks, disinformation and misinformation narratives, and domestic and foreign influence operations earlier than previously possible. "Alethea takes a novel, machine-learning driven approach to protect company brand reputations from the potential damages of disinformation campaigns and social media manipulation," said Karim Faris, General Partner at GV. "Our continued investment in Alethea underscores our confidence in their innovative approach to empowering a broad range of customers from the Fortune 50 to the public sector in combating disinformation and taking actions that safeguard our societys digital future." Over the last several months, the Alethea team has been investigating and analyzing a network of accounts on X (formerly Twitter) and websites that we assess are seeking to divide Americans and amplify Russian propaganda specifically counter-Ukraine messaging ahead of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election.