Today’s Product, Tomorrow’s Feature: What Neo’s $100 Million Really Tells Us

This article analyzes Neo’s $100M launch as an "agentic software control" startup that inventories, attributes and enforces policies for AI agents and agentic applications, situating it within a broader market where incumbent security vendors are acquiring AI capabilities while specialized startups compete for standalone platform status; the piece assesses whether agentic security will remain an independent category or become a feature of larger platforms and offers procurement advice to buyers.