Cybersecurity startup Daylight has announced a $33 million Series A funding round, bringing its total raised to $40 million. Led by Craft Ventures, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Maple VC, and prominent industry figures, the round marks one of the fastest follow-on investments in the sector this year.

Founded less than a year ago, Daylight has rapidly gained traction among enterprises across the U.S. and Europe, including The Motley Fool, Cresta, and McKinsey Investment Office. Its platform delivers measurable impact: deployments in under an hour, up to 90% fewer false positives, and faster threat resolution.

Daylight’s breakthrough lies in its Managed Agentic Security Services (MASS) model, which combines an AI-driven core with PhD-level human analysts. Unlike traditional Managed Detection and Response (MDR) systems that rely on manual triage and slow escalations, MASS offers a unified, autonomous system that learns, adapts, and acts—resolving threats instead of merely flagging them.

The company’s momentum is fueled by word-of-mouth referrals and operational results. CISOs consistently praise Daylight for delivering what MDR was always meant to be: fast, intelligent, and outcome-driven security. With MASS, enterprises can scale defense without increasing headcount, integrating AI, automation, and expert analysis into a seamless service.

Looking ahead, Daylight is expanding its go-to-market efforts across North America, enhancing global analyst operations, and accelerating new modules for identity threat response and cloud workload protection. These innovations aim to build a fully autonomous, self-evolving Security Operations Center (SOC).

Daylight’s mission remains clear: to make adaptive, world-class cyber defense accessible to all. With every deployment, its platform grows smarter, reinforcing its vision of an agentic, autonomous future for enterprise security.

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CryptoKnights, the global crypto investment reality TV show, will make its Middle East debut on OSN+ and OSNtv from November 14, giving viewers across the region front-row access to the fast-moving world of blockchain innovation.

Season 1’s 11 episodes will be available on OSN+ and OSNtv, bringing the show’s mix of high-pressure pitching, strategic investment, and entrepreneurial storytelling to audiences in the Middle East.

The series follows blockchain founders as they pitch their projects to a panel of well-known Web3 investors, competing for real funding and mentorship. Produced by Entourage star Adrian Grenier, Emmy-nominated Riaz Mehta, Bitcoin Foundation Chairman Brock Pierce, Emmy-nominated Sam Gollestani, and Web3 strategist Joseph Khan, CryptoKnights combines the energy of a startup pitch stage with the drama of reality television.

As the first TV series funded through ritestream.io, a blockchain-based content platform, CryptoKnights is pioneering new ways for audiences to engage with and even participate in the shows they watch. For the first time in a reality TV format, viewers can follow early-stage projects from pitch to execution, gaining a rare look at the foundations and processes that drive the Web3 space.

Riaz Mehta, Executive Producer and CEO of Ritestream, added: “Our goal is to bridge entertainment and opportunity. Bringing CryptoKnights to OSN opens that bridge to millions of viewers across the Middle East — a region that has rapidly established itself as a hub for blockchain adoption, forward-looking regulation, and investment in digital assets. It’s the right place to showcase the stories of founders and innovators, and to connect audiences with the ideas shaping the next phase of Web3.”

Rolla Karam, SVP, Content Acquisition – Programming said: ” We’re not just curating entertainment, we’re curating conversations about the future. CryptopKnights captured the spirit of innovation driving the Middle East today, where technology, entrepreneurship, and creativity are redefining what’s possible. It’s exactly the kind of content that reflects where our audience and our region are heading.”

Adrian Grenier, Executive Producer of CryptoKnights said: “CryptoKnights is about taking blockchain out of the niche and into the living room. We want to make the space approachable, not by simplifying it, but by telling the stories of the people building the next generation of the internet. Bringing CryptoKnights to OSN+ and OSNtv means these stories will now reach audiences in one of the fastest-growing hubs for digital innovation, where interest in blockchain and Web3 is rapidly expanding.”

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The Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute, in collaboration with Accenture, unveiled a research report on AI investment entitled “Rebalancing Intelligence: How the Next Wave of AI Investment is Set to Flow South.”

The report is being launched at FII9, a global conference at which the world’s investment agenda is set, convening the world’s most influential leaders.

After years of concentration in the Global North, investors now predict a significant rebalancing of AI capital flows towards emerging markets, a major shift in investor focus.

The new data show that 87% of global investors plan to increase AI investments in the Global South within the next two years, with India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East identified as most likely beneficiaries.

The study surveyed 250 C-suite leaders from private equity firms (40%), venture capital firms (40%), and corporate venture units of large enterprises (20%) across 13 countries in the Global North. It also included 15 in-depth interviews with senior investors from leading PE, VC, and sovereign wealth funds.

Despite the Global South representing nearly half the world’s population and a quarter of global economic growth, it currently attracts only 28% of AI-related foreign direct investment, a fraction of the $548 billion invested globally over the past two years. There are just nine AI unicorns in the Global South, compared with 305 in the North.

AI dominates this year’s FII9 agenda, with over one third of panels and speakers exploring its potential. From tech and chip CEOs to sovereign funds, global investors and policymakers, FII9 is where the future of AI capital flows is discussed.

“OpenAI’s recent $1 trillion chip investment commitment shows the scale of transformation ahead,” said Richard Attias, CEO of FII Institute. “We must ensure this wave lifts all boats. Bridging the AI investment divide is an economic opportunity and a moral imperative. Innovation must be a driver of shared global prosperity.”

“We are excited to join FII in launching this insightful report, which provides a unique and timely opportunity for global business leaders to learn about the untapped potential of AI to unlock growth in the Global South,” said Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture. “AI is much more than a technology—it’s a catalyst for reinvention—and investment in talent, infrastructure and local ecosystems across these regions will help ensure that AI becomes a force for shared prosperity and shape a future where innovation knows no borders.”

The report is the first major deliverable of AI Inclusive, an FII Institute initiative designed to accelerate AI growth in emerging markets by mobilizing investment, supporting startups, and deploying adaptable governance tools.

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