Cimento AI Raises $3M Pre-seed

Cimento AI, a Salt Lake City-based company that provides a human risk management platform, has raised $3 million in a pre-seed funding round.

Investors

The round was co-led by Bowery Capital and Indie.vc, with participation from various angels from Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Cursor, Nvidia, and Okta.

Cimento AI Use of Funds

The company plans to use the newly raised capital to expand its business operations and further its product development efforts.

About Cimento AI

Founded by Zain Rizavi, Eric Liu, and Paul Kong, Cimento AI provides an AI-native human risk management platform. The product builds living risk profiles for employees by integrating with existing organizational tools such as email and cloud providers. It runs realistic social engineering simulations and provides automated, contextual interventions to mitigate security risks.

Funding Details

Company Website: https://cimento.ai

Company: Cimento AI
Raised: $3M
Round: Pre-seed
Funding Date: May 18, 2026
Lead Investor: Bowery Capital, Indie.vc
Additional Investors: Angels from Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Cursor, Nvidia, and Okta
Software Category: Cybersecurity
Source: https://www.finsmes.com/2026/05/cimento-ai-raises-3m-in-pre-seed-funding.html