Chicago-based Empirical Security, which uses AI to help companies predict threats by monitoring exploited vulnerabilities, raised a $25M Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios)

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Empirical Security raised a $25 million Series A for AI-driven vulnerability monitoring and threat prediction.

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<a href="https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/07/20/cybersecurity-empirical-security-ai-25-million"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260720/i29.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260720/p29#a260720p29" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Chris Metinko / <a href="https://www.axios.com/">Axios</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/07/20/cybersecurity-empirical-security-ai-25-million">Chicago-based Empirical Security, which uses AI to help companies predict threats by monitoring exploited vulnerabilities, raised a $25M Series A</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Exposure management startup Empirical Security raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Brightmind Partners, CEO Ed Bellis tells Axios Pro.</p>