# The Pentagon Is Using This $1.2 Billion Startup’s AI To Automate Cyberwarfare

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-pentagon-is-using-this-dollar12-billion-startups-ai-to-a-9zph>
> Published: 2026-07-21 11:54:04+00:00

# The Pentagon Is Using This $1.2 Billion Startup’s AI To Automate Cyberwarfare

By Thomas Brewster, Forbes StaffSource:

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Khosla Ventures is putting $30 million into Twenty, a cyber startup that uses AI models from

[Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic)and[OpenAI](/glossary/openai)to run hacking campaigns for the Department of War.Get AI news in your inbox

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