Socket, Which Has Raised $65 Million Till Date, Plans to Use the Proceeds to Build Out Its Team Across Engineering, Product and Design.Oct 22 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity Services Provider Socket Said on Tuesday It Has Raised $40 Million in a Mid-Stage Round From a Host of Existing and New Investors, Including OpenAI Chairman Bret Taylor, Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang and Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke.
10月22日（路透社）——網絡安全概念服務提供商Socket週二表示，已從現有和新投資者中籌集了4000萬美元的中期輪融資，包括OpenAI主席Bret Taylor、Yahoo聯合創始人Jerry Yang和Shopify首席執行官Tobias Lutke。
The Funding Was Led by Abstract Ventures. Venture Capital Firm Andreessen Horowitz Also Participated.
該輪融資由Abstract Ventures主導。風險投資公司Andreessen Horowitz也參與其中。
Startups That Use the Artificial Intelligence Technology Has Attracted Investors' Attention Even as Dealmaking Activity Has Remained Subdued in Private Markets Elsewhere. Socket Uses AI to Detect and Prevent Threats in Open Source Code.
即使交易活動在其他私人市場保持低迷，利用人工智能技術的初創公司仍吸引投資者的注意。 在其他私人市場中，交易活動保持低調。 Socket利用人工智能來檢測和防範開源代碼中的威脅。
While the Company Did Not Disclose the Valuation at Which the Funding Round Happened, a Source Familiar With the Matter Said It Was Around $500 Million.
雖然公司未公開融資輪次的估值，但知情人士表示其約爲50000萬美元。
Socket, Which Has Raised $65 Million Till Date, Plans to Use the Proceeds to Build Out Its Team Across Engineering, Product and Design.
Socket迄今已籌集6500萬美元，計劃利用這筆資金擴充其工程、產品和設計團隊。
Founded in 2021, the Company Currently Supports Six Programming Languages, Including Java and Ruby.
成立於2021年，該公司目前支持六種編程語言，包括Java和Ruby。
Socket Claims to Detect and Block More Than 100 Software Supply Chain Attacks Every Week. Its Services Are Used by Over 7,500 Organizations.
Socket聲稱每週能夠檢測和阻止100多次軟件供應鏈攻擊。其服務被超過7500家組織使用。
(Reporting by Rishi Kant in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)
（報道：Rishi Kant（在班加羅爾）；編輯：Shilpi Majumdar）
