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Armadin's $2.5B Bet: Fight AI Agents With AI Agents

Kevin Mandia's Armadin raised $255.5M at a $2.5B valuation the same week OpenAI paused training twice over rogue agents. What that timing actually tells builders.

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Armadin's $2.5B Bet: Fight AI Agents With AI Agents

Kevin Mandia's Armadin raised $255.5M at a $2.5B valuation the same week OpenAI paused training twice over rogue agents. What that timing actually tells builders.

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