{"id":232078,"date":"2026-04-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/unicorn-torq-is-in-talks-to-acquire-this-startup-for-50-million\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:10:36","slug":"unicorn-torq-is-in-talks-to-acquire-this-startup-for-50-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/unicorn-torq-is-in-talks-to-acquire-this-startup-for-50-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Unicorn Torq Is in Talks to Acquire This Startup for $50 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/torq-cybersecurity-acquire-jit-2026-4\">Unicorn Torq Is in Talks to Acquire This Startup for $50 Million<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/torq-cybersecurity-acquire-jit-2026-4\">https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/torq-cybersecurity-acquire-jit-2026-4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-07 07:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.businessinsider.com\">www.businessinsider.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity unicorn Torq, which refers to itself as the &#8220;Cursor of security operations,&#8221; is in advanced talks to acquire Boston-based Jit, an automatic security assistant, for roughly $50 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\n                          <span class=\"audio-player-label label-md-strong\">Loading audio narration&#8230;<\/span>\n                        <\/p>\n<p>The deal would combine Torq&#8217;s massive security command center with Jit&#8217;s automated tools. By joining forces, the two companies hope to move toward &#8220;agentic security,&#8221; in which smart AI agents act like independent web-based security guards, eliminating digital threats without ever needing human interaction.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition has not yet been finalized, and terms could still change. Both companies declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Torq announced $140 million in new funding at a $1.2 billion valuation. Its investors include Evolution Equity Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Notable Capital, Greenfield Partners, and Merlin Ventures.<\/p>\n<p>The talks come as cybersecurity companies race to incorporate AI agents into their platforms. Security teams are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of alerts generated by modern systems, creating demand for tools that can reduce manual work and respond in real time.<\/p>\n<p>Both startups were founded in 2020 by veterans of the Israeli cyber scene.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Boston, Jit was founded by David Melamed and Aviram Shmueli, and has raised nearly $50 million in venture funding from Boldstart Ventures,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/torq-cybersecurity-acquire-jit-2026-4\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unicorn Torq Is in Talks to Acquire This Startup for $50 Million https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/torq-cybersecurity-acquire-jit-2026-4 Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69d4462ce762ed6cfe44acb7?width=567&format=jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20,57],"class_list":["post-232078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232080,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232078\/revisions\/232080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}