First Round Review · 2026-04-21 · 43d

Building Artemis: AI-Native Security Platform Strategy and Execution

First Round Capital's podcast features Artemis co-founders Shachar Hirshberg and Dan Shiebler discussing their AI-native security platform that raised $70M in seed and Series A funding. The episode covers their rapid team scaling to 30 people in seven months, the advantages of founder-market fit, and why AI-native companies outperform AI-enabled counterparts in the security space.

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Metrics in this report

Daily Product Engagement

3-4hours/day

mean user time

Artemis users vs traditional security products

Team Size at Product Launch

30employees

at launch from stealth

AI-native security platform startup

Time to 30-Person Team

7months

from founding

Artemis stealth mode operations

Total Funding Raised

70$M

combined

Seed and Series A rounds

Weekly Hiring Rate

1-2people/week

mean

Artemis team scaling