AgentsSep 1, 2026watch
Aslan’s funding shows agentic AI is entering undercover national-security work
Agentic AI is moving into one of the most sensitive markets first: national security. Aslan’s funding for undercover AI agents points to systems designed to operate inside criminal forums and digital environments where identity, collection rules, and oversight matter enormously.
Why it matters: For AI watchers, this is a clear sign that agents will not arrive only through office productivity tools. Some of the earliest high-stakes deployments may be in security, intelligence, and law enforcement, where mistakes can have legal and civil-liberties consequences.