Traversal, a New York startup, raised $120 million in a Series B round at a $1 billion valuation, bringing its total funding to $173 million. Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures and Khosla Ventures co-led the round, while Sequoia Capital, Battery Ventures and Amex Ventures also participated. Traversal’s AI agents investigate production incidents, test possible causes and suggest fixes. The company said Nubank, Harvey, DigitalOcean, PepsiCo and American Express use its technology.
What problem it solves
Legacy SASE platforms combine connectivity and security in heavyweight, closed, cloud-locked stacks assembled from years of patchwork. Administrators need an open, self-hostable platform that unifies networking and security while remaining straightforward to deploy and operate.
Key features
Connect remote networks — Site connectors use outbound tunnels and intelligent NAT tr…
What problem it solves
Web applications can be exposed to malicious HTTP/S traffic, including injection attempts, automated abuse, and unauthorized access. A web application firewall can filter and monitor traffic between an application and the Internet, block malicious requests, and keep unauthorized data from leaving the app.
Key features
Web Attack Blocking — Blocks common web attacks by placin…
What problem it solves
Personal and home networks often require several separate tools for dynamic DNS, local service access, certificates, file services, and device automation. Lucky brings these common networking tasks into one interface and originated as a way to forward traffic from public IPv6 to private IPv4 devices on a router.
Key features
Domains and Service Access — Manage dynamic DNS, r…
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