Torq CEO Ofer Smadari Explains How Jit Acquisition Will Boost Agentic Security

NYSE Official
NYSE OfficialMay 19, 2026

Why It Matters

The acquisition accelerates AI‑driven threat prioritization for enterprises and government agencies, positioning Torque as a leading player in the rapidly evolving AI‑native security market.

Key Takeaways

  • Acquisition adds AI-driven context graph to Torque’s security platform.
  • Provides differentiated alert severity based on asset ownership and role.
  • Funding will expand engineering, target federal market, and scale AI agents.
  • Torque serves over 10% of Fortune 500, aiming for $100M revenue.
  • CEO predicts AI-native security solutions will dominate within five years.

Summary

Torque announced the acquisition of JIT to launch the first enterprise AI security operations center context graph, aiming to unify alerts across vendors into a single, intelligence‑rich view.

The integration adds a layer that maps relationships among assets, users and contractors, allowing the platform to weight alerts by ownership and privilege. Ofer Smadari highlighted that this context can turn a seemingly critical endpoint alert into a low‑priority event when it originates from a zero‑privilege contractor.

Smadari also noted that Torque now serves over 10% of the Fortune 500, has raised $140 million in Series D funding, and is expanding engineering to target the federal market after meetings at the White House. He emphasized the company runs “billion actions weekly with AI agents” and is growing 200% year‑over‑year.

The move positions Torque to capitalize on the industry’s shift toward AI‑native security solutions, promising faster, more accurate threat triage for both corporate and government customers and setting the stage for a potential $100 million revenue milestone.

Original Description

Torq CEO Ofer Smadari joins Lance Glinn on NYSE Live to discuss his firms Jit aquisition

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