{"slug": "the-pentagon-is-using-this-1-2-billion-startups-ai-to-automate-cyberwarfare", "title": "The Pentagon Is Using This $1.2 Billion Startup’s AI To Automate Cyberwarfare", "summary": "The Pentagon is using AI from a $1.2 billion startup, Twenty, to automate cyberwarfare, with Khosla Ventures investing $30 million in the company. Twenty leverages AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI to run hacking campaigns for the Department of War.", "body_md": "# The Pentagon Is Using This $1.2 Billion Startup’s AI To Automate Cyberwarfare\n\nBy Thomas Brewster, Forbes StaffSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Khosla Ventures is putting $30 million into Twenty, a cyber startup that uses AI models from\n\n[Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic)and[OpenAI](/glossary/openai)to run hacking campaigns for the Department of War.Get AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pentagon-is-using-this-1-2-billion-startups-ai-to-automate-cyberwarfare", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-pentagon-is-using-this-dollar12-billion-startups-ai-to-a-9zph", "published_at": "2026-07-21 11:54:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 13:31:34.151031+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-startups", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Pentagon", "Twenty", "Khosla Ventures", "Anthropic", "OpenAI", "Department of War"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pentagon-is-using-this-1-2-billion-startups-ai-to-automate-cyberwarfare", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pentagon-is-using-this-1-2-billion-startups-ai-to-automate-cyberwarfare.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pentagon-is-using-this-1-2-billion-startups-ai-to-automate-cyberwarfare.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-pentagon-is-using-this-1-2-billion-startups-ai-to-automate-cyberwarfare.jsonld"}}