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Stuart McClure Firm Raises $13M to Develop AI Companies

NumberOne AI started last year, based in Newport Beach

OC cybersecurity pioneer Stuart McClure has raised $13 million for his new startup, NumberOne AI.

The Newport Beach-based firm was started last year to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to broad global challenges.

Investors in NumberOneAI include Drumwright Investments, B5 Capital, and Newport Beach-based Miramar Digital Ventures.

McClure is also the chief executive of Santa Clara-based cybersecurity company ShiftLeft Inc.

McClure co-founded Cylance, the Irvine-based internet security company, a decade ago and sold it in 2019 to Canada-based BlackBerry for $1.4 billion.

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Kevin Costelloe
Kevin Costelloe
Tech reporter at Orange County Business Journal

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