Gur Talpaz
Gur Talpaz is a venture investor and finance professional who currently serves as co-founder and general partner of Cognition Venture Partners, an early-stage fund focused on AI-native cybersecurity startups. He previously co-founded Brightmind Partners, where he led the firm's investment in identity-security startup SGNL, which was acquired by CrowdStrike for $740 million in January 2026. Prior to his venture capital career, he was vice president of corporate development at CrowdStrike and an equity research analyst and managing director at Stifel Financial.
“Cognition: New $170M venture fund targeting AI-native cybersecurity platforms at seed and Series A”
Source→“Gur Talpaz: Former CrowdStrike corporate development executive; Cognition co-founder; previously co-founded Brightmind”
Source→“Cognition's thesis is that agentic AI is a platform-reset moment for cyber. "We have this new attack surface that's being brought on by AI and agents." — Elia Zaitsev, former CrowdStrike Global CTO”
Source→“"AI security didn't exist five years ago. ... But as the adoption of AI dramatically ramps up in the enterprise, it requires a new set of tools." — Gur Talpaz, Cognition co-founder”
Source→“"They oversaw the largest Series A exit in cyber history: SGNL, which they entered at $105 million and exited at $740 million."”
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