{"id":276817,"date":"2026-06-18T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/dream-raises-260m-for-government-focused-ai-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T06:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:40:27","slug":"dream-raises-260m-for-government-focused-ai-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/dream-raises-260m-for-government-focused-ai-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Raises $260M for Government-Focused AI Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dream Raises $260M for Government-Focused AI Cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dream, an artificial intelligence and cybersecurity company for governments, raised $260 million, according to a Thursday (June 18) LinkedIn post.<\/p>\n

The new funding values the Israeli company at $3 billion, per the post. It was led by Group 11 and Bicycle Capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernments spent the last century building roads, grids and defense systems they owned outright,\u201d the post said. \u201cAI is the next layer. This round is about making sure they can own that one too, turning nations into super nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new funding will let Dream \u201caccelerate deployment of the company\u2019s sovereign AI and national cyber defense platforms across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas,\u201d Co-Founder Sebastian Kurz said in a Thursday Bloomberg News report. \u201cEspecially in Europe, there\u2019s much need to prepare for these new threats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dream is also launching a custom AI platform for governments and state-owned companies that are hoping to gain greater control over their data and infrastructure, according to the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs AI becomes central to national security, economy and public services, governments face a fundamental choice: depend on systems they do not control from the U.S. or China, for example, or build capabilities they fully own,\u201d said Co-Founder Shalev Hulio, per the report. \u201cDream was founded to eliminate that trade-off.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The issue of tech sovereignty took on more importance last week, when the White House banned foreign nationals from using Anthropic\u2019s newest AI models, the report said.<\/p>\n

Hulio called the moment \u201ca wake-up call for all nations to understand that if they want to move to AI, they can\u2019t rely on foreign model clouds or tools,\u201d per the report<\/p>\n

In a LinkedIn post on the Anthropic ban, Hulio said the government\u2019s move would \u201caccelerate one of the biggest shifts in modern history,\u201d and the ban made sense, given that governments wouldn\u2019t accept having their financial or defense systems…<\/p>\n

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