Defense Tech Startup Twenty Receives $30M Investment From Khosla Ventures

The funding comes after Twenty recently raised $100 million in a Series B round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Accel. To date, the company has raised $168 million from investors including Accel, Friends and Family Capital, Point72 Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, General Catalyst, and In-Q-Tel.

The company plans to use this new funding to expand its operations and accelerate the development of its platform.

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Twenty develops AI-powered cyber warfare systems for the United States and its allies. Its technology helps the U.S. military and Intelligence Community detect and respond to cyber threats faster and at a larger scale.

The company's systems keep human decision making at the center while using AI and automation to improve speed and efficiency. They are carefully tested and designed to support real world missions safely and effectively.

"Our thesis here is simple. AI is reshaping the world and the US and its allies need an AI-native cyberwarfare prime capable of protecting our most critical interests. That prime is Twenty," said Jon Chu, the Partner at Khosla Ventures who led the investment. "Every major national security domain needs a prime that can operate at the speed of AI while delivering commercial grade execution and earning mission level trust.

"Khosla's investment is further validation that Twenty is the definitive company industrializing cyber warfare for the United States and its allies," said Joe Lin, Co-founder and CEO of Twenty. "We are building the industrial base for American cyber power: the AI-enabled capabilities our warfighters need to disrupt threats at their origin.

"AI is changing cyber warfare. Now it happens faster, at greater scale, and most defense contractors are still building for the old world," said Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures. "The country that moves fastest on AI-native cyber warfare will have the advantage for the next decade. Joe and the Twenty team have the technical depth and operational credibility to industrialize offensive cyber capability at exactly the moment it matters most."

About Twenty

Founded in 2024 by Joe Lin, Leo Olson, Skyler Onken, and Pete Sorrentino, Twenty is the first venture capital backed cyber warfare startup in the United States. The company develops AI powered cyber warfare systems for the U.S. military and Intelligence Community, helping them respond to cyber threats faster and operate more effectively in cyberspace.

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