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ISTARI, the Cyber Risk Management Company, to Invest in Pioneer Prevalent AI (PAI)

A global cybersecurity platform, ISTARI, which is dedicated to helping clients managing digital risk and build cyber resilience, and the leaders in Security Data Science, Prevalent AI (PAI), has today announced that ISTARI has opted to become an important minority shareholder of PAI.

Industry veterans Sir Iain Lobban, Paul Stokes, Arun Raj, and Andrew France OBE founded PAI in 2017. When founded, they had the aims such as enabling organisations to quickly ingest, convert and contextualise complex, large, and disparate data sources by using their Security Data Science Platform and connected services, increasing the capability to respond to cyber riss and attacks in time and prevent it.

Rashmy Chatterjee, the Chief Executive Officer of ISTARI commented that they are thrilled to welcome PAI to the ISTARI Collective. In response, Sir Iain Lobban, PAI Founder and Chairman, added that this is a spectacular match to join together with the same aim and goal protecting organizations from cyber threats.


About ISTARI

ISTARI was established in 2020 and headquartered in Singapore. It is a an investment company, founded by Temasek. It is an advisory practice, investor and educator through its cyber Academy and has a global presence in the US, Europe and Singapore.


About PREVALENT AI

PREVALENT AI (PAI), the leaders in Security Data Science, provides successful cyber analytics solutions for both government and commercial. Founded by former UK government cyber officials and industry experts in 2017, the company has changed the way organisations use risk data. Its 75 professionals work out of two offices, which are located in London and Cochin, India.

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