Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
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Cybersecurity startup Spur Intelligence has secured a $200 million funding round led by Insight Partners to combat sophisticated bot traffic.Summary
Spur Intelligence, a Florida-based cybersecurity startup founded by former Defense Department engineers, has raised $200 million in a funding round led by Insight Partners. The company specializes in bot-detection technology that helps enterprises differentiate between legitimate human users and advanced bot traffic concealed behind proxies and VPNs. This investment comes at a critical time as recent data from Cloudflare indicates that automated bot traffic has surpassed human internet activity for the first time in history.
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