AI Security Startup Upwind Raises $400M at $3.8B Valuation After Rejecting Datadog Deal
Upwind secures $400 million in Series C funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners, doubling its valuation after rejecting a similar acquisition offer from Datadog.
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First reported by Bloomberg Technology, 50 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
4 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 28 Oct 2026. Bloomberg Technology published first, on 28 October at 11:00 UTC; Quartz followed 50 min later. The most recent article, from TechCrunch, appeared on 28 October at 23:15 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg Technology (major outlet), TechCrunch (major outlet), Quartz, decrypt.co.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Bloomberg TechnologyAI Cybersecurity Startup Upwind Raises at $3.8 Billion Value
- QuartzAI cybersecurity startup Upwind raised $400 million, more than doubling its valuation
- decrypt.coAI Security Startup Upwind Raises $400M at $3.8B Valuation
- TechCrunchUpwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog acquisition offer
Sources
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- Upwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog acquisition offer TechCrunch ·
- AI Cybersecurity Startup Upwind Raises at $3.8 Billion Value Bloomberg Technology ·
- AI Security Startup Upwind Raises $400M at $3.8B Valuation decrypt.co
- AI cybersecurity startup Upwind raised $400 million, more than doubling its valuation Quartz
In this story
- Upwind
- Datadog
- Bessemer Venture Partners