French cybersecurity firm Sekoia launched its AI agentic tool Elevate to its full client base on Wednesday, following an early access program that included approximately 2,000 customers.
Elevate lets organizations connect their preferred AI models and equip them with autonomous threat analysis tools. Service providers in Europe and the United States who tested the platform reported investigation times cut by up to five-fold.
The timing reflects a shift in the threat landscape. Criminal groups are deploying AI agents at scale, forcing security vendors to move beyond detection into autonomous response. Sekoia's bet is that the model itself is not defensible—the value lies in what wraps around it.
"The model alone is not the moat," Sekoia CEO Freddy Milesi said. "The effectiveness of AI models comes from the system around it."
That positioning matters. Rather than building foundational models, Sekoia is selling the orchestration layer—the integration engine and tooling that lets enterprises operationalize whatever AI they already own. It's a software-as-a-service model built on top of someone else's infrastructure, which avoids the capital burn of model training while capturing recurring revenue from customers who want to avoid rip-and-replace cycles.
Sekoia's client roster includes EDF, Vinci, and France's defense ministry—large enterprises and government agencies unlikely to abandon existing security investments. The company was founded in 2022 and remains privately held.
The early access results suggest the model works at scale. Two thousand testers saw operational gains significant enough to move from pilot to production. That's the key signal: not novelty, but enterprise adoption rates.
