# Sage Wohns

> Sage Wohns is the CEO and Co-Founder of Jericho Security, a New York-based AI cybersecurity company that trains humans and AI systems to defend against AI-powered attacks including hyper-realistic phishing, deepfakes, and voice cloning. A Seattle native and 10-year AI industry veteran, Wohns previously built and led Agolo, a Google- and Microsoft-backed NLP summarization company, before co-founding Jericho Security in 2023. The company made history by winning the Pentagon's first-ever generative AI defense contract through AFWERX in December 2023, and has since raised $18M in total funding, including a $15M Series A in April 2025. With 39 employees and 30+ enterprise clients, Jericho Security is at the frontier of AI-versus-AI cyber defense.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Jericho Security
- **Organizations:** Jericho Security, Agolo, Rakuten, NYC Seed
- **From:** Seattle, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A., University of Chicago, MBA, Entrepreneurship, Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Won the Pentagon's first-ever generative AI defense contract (December 2023) via AFWERX, valued at $1.8M, Raised $18M total funding for Jericho Security including a $15M Series A (April 2025), Built Agolo into a Google- and Microsoft-backed AI summarization company; won Citi's Top Business Intelligence Tool prize

## Career timeline

- **2011-2012** — MBA in Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School
- **2012-2013** — Led Multilingual Engineering at Rakuten's International Development Group in Tokyo; also spent time farming radish in rural Hokkaido, Japan
- **2013** — Joined NYC Seed as Accelerator and Venture Associate
- **2013-2023** — Co-Founded and served as CEO of Agolo, a Google- and Microsoft-backed NLP summarization company focused on finance and news; won Citi's Top Business Intelligence Tool prize
- **2023** — Co-Founded Jericho Security with Tim Hwang and Dan Chyan; raised $3M Pre-Seed
- **2023-12** — Won the Pentagon's first-ever generative AI defense contract ($1.8M STTR Phase II) through AFWERX for the Department of the Air Force
- **2025-04** — Closed $15M Series A led by Era Fund, bringing total funding to $18M
- **2025-05** — Won 4 Global InfoSec Awards at RSA Conference 2025; launched Jericho Robotics division and real-time deepfake detection inside Microsoft Teams

## Achievements

- Won the Pentagon's first-ever generative AI defense contract (December 2023) via AFWERX, valued at $1.8M
- Raised $18M total funding for Jericho Security including a $15M Series A (April 2025)
- Built Agolo into a Google- and Microsoft-backed AI summarization company; won Citi's Top Business Intelligence Tool prize
- Grew Jericho Security to 30+ enterprise clients within the first year of operation
- Won 4 Global InfoSec Awards at RSA Conference 2025
- Launched Jericho Robotics, expanding into physical AI security
- Built real-time deepfake detection technology integrated inside Microsoft Teams
- Featured on NBC News discussing the 800% rise in AI-powered spear phishing attacks

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Won 4 Global InfoSec Awards at RSA Conference 2025; launched Jericho Robotics and real-time deepfake detection inside Microsoft Teams
- **2025-04** — Closed $15M Series A round led by Era Fund, with participation from Lux Capital, Plug & Play, and others
- **2025-03** — Jericho Security highlighted in VentureBeat for deepfake defense technology as deepfake fraud costs businesses $200M in 2025
- **2023-12** — Won Pentagon's first-ever generative AI defense contract through AFWERX for the Department of the Air Force

## Links

- Website: https://sagewohns.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagew/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sagewohns

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