Bolster, creator of the CheckPhish phishing tracker, raises $14M led by Microsoft’s M12

An article reports that Bolster, an AI-driven anti-phishing startup, raised $14 million led by Microsoft’s M12 to scale its CheckPhish portal and enterprise brand/URL protection services. Bolster uses machine learning to monitor domains, registrations, forums, social media, and email to detect and automatically take down phishing sites, complementing traditional email security. With customers like Dropbox, Uber, LinkedIn, and Coinbase, the company targets the growing sophistication and ease of phishing-as-a-service, and the investment signals potential future alignment with Microsoft’s broader security and AI initiatives.