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Apate

Round size
$8.2M
Stage
Seed
Headquarters
Sydney, Australia
Announced
16 Oct 2026

Sydney-based Apate, spun out of Macquarie University research, raised an $8.15 million seed round in August, bringing total funding to nearly $10 million. Its conversational AI agents engage scammers to gather intelligence on fraud infrastructure for customers such as Commonwealth Bank and TPG.

Sector. Cybersecurity · anti-fraud conversational AI agents

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    Apate Raises $8.15 Million for AI Agents That Engage Scammers
    16 Oct 2026