So here’s a question that’s been bugging me lately: everyone’s obsessed with vibe coding — letting Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, and a dozen other AI agents write code for you — but who’s actually making sure that code isn’t a security nightmare? Turns out, [Backslash Security](https://www.backslash.security/) has been thinking about this for a while, and they just [pulled in $19M in Series A funding](https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/10/backslash-security-lands-19m-tackle-security-risks-emerging-vibe-coding/) to prove the problem is real.
The Tel Aviv-based startup, founded in 2022 by Shahar Man (ex-Aqua Security, ex-SAP) and CTO Yossi Pik, started out doing application security with a focus on reachability analysis — basically figuring out which vulnerabilities in your codebase actually matter versus the ones that are technically there but never get triggered. That alone is useful. But what caught my attention is how they’ve pivoted hard into AI coding security, and honestly, the timing couldn’t be better.
Think about it. Your developers are now running AI agents that have deep access to your IDE, your codebase, your MCP servers, your prompt rules. These agents can pull in dependencies, generate entire modules, and interact with external tools — all with minimal human review. [Backslash’s platform](https://www.backslash.security/) sits across that whole toolchain and gives security teams visibility into what these agents are actually doing. Real-time monitoring, guardrails you can configure, and the ability to catch malicious behavior before it ships. They also have some [open-source tooling on GitHub](https://github.com/backslash-security), including Claw-Hunter for detecting shadow AI agents on managed devices.
The round was led by KOMPAS VC with Maniv, Artofin, and existing backers StageOne Ventures and First Rays Capital joining in, bringing total funding to about $27M. Ron Zoran, former CRO at CyberArk, also joined the board — which says something about the caliber of people betting on this.
The news landed across [SecurityWeek](https://www.securityweek.com/backslash-raises-19-million-to-secure-vibe-coding/), [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/10/backslash-security-lands-19m-tackle-security-risks-emerging-vibe-coding/), and [GlobeNewsWire](https://www.backslash.security/press-releases/backslash-security-raises-19m-series-a-to-secure-vibe-coding-boom-in-the-enterprise-bolsters-board-with-cybersecurity-industry-leader), and for good reason. There are plenty of companies doing AppSec, but Backslash is one of the first to specifically address the new attack surface that AI coding agents create. If your org is adopting vibe coding at any scale, this is the kind of product you probably should have been looking at yesterday.
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