Sources: Amazon quietly acquired AI security startup harvest.ai for around $20M

Amazon Web Services appears to be ramping up its security chops. TechCrunch has learned that the e-commerce giant's cloud services group quietly acquired cyber security firm harvest.ai. The San Diego-based startup, co-founded by a team that includes two former NSA employees, uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze user behavior around a company's key IP to try to identify and stop targeted attacks before valuable customer data can be swiped. We were alerted to the acquisition by a tipster, who said the purchase price for harvest.ai The tipster also said the team's 12 employees are relocating to Amazon's Seattle headquarters.