KDDI and Exaforce Bring Agentic SOC Capabilities to Customers Across the United States and EMEA

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exaforce, the agentic security operations (SOC) platform, today announced the signing of partnership agreements with KDDI America, Inc. and KDDI Europe Ltd., subsidiaries of KDDI Corporation, one of Japan’s leading telecommunications and technology enterprises. Under the agreement, KDDI America and KDDI Europe will collectively spearhead Exaforce’s go-to-market strategy with multinational corporations across the United States and throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

This strategic partnership underscores Exaforce’s continued global expansion and its commitment to delivering industry-leading agentic SOC capabilities to enterprise customers worldwide. With KDDI’s trusted brand recognition among Japanese multinationals operating abroad, the partnership is positioned to address the pressing security operations needs of this rapidly growing market segment in both the U.S. and EMEA.

By combining KDDI America and KDDI Europe’s longstanding regional expertise, established enterprise relationships, and managed services footprint with Exaforce’s AI-native, agentic SOC platform, clients can standardize threat detection, triage, investigation, and response across geographically dispersed offices, subsidiaries, and group companies. The result is faster, more consistent security outcomes at enterprise scale—without the operational overhead of traditional SOC models—allowing multinational customers to have solutions tailored to their global footprint and strengthen their cyber resilience while keeping pace with the demand for scaling.

“KDDI’s deep relationships with enterprise customers make them an ideal partner to extend Exaforce’s reach into markets we are incredibly excited about,” said Ankur Singla, CEO and Co-Founder of Exaforce. “Together, we will help enterprises modernize their security operations with AI-native threat detection, triage, investigation, and response. This partnership is a significant milestone in our global growth, and we look forward to delivering real impact for customers across both regions.”

Key Highlights of the Exaforce and KDDI Partnership

• Partnership Agreement Signed: KDDI America, Inc. and KDDI Europe Ltd. have each signed formal partnership agreements with Exaforce, enabling both entities to jointly market and sell the Exaforce Agentic SOC Platform directly to enterprise customers in their respective territories.
• US and EMEA Market Coverage via KDDI America and KDDI Europe: The partnership will address multinational enterprise customers across the United States and EMEA, with initial focus on organisations with US and EMEA‑based offices, group companies and subsidiaries seeking best‑in‑class agentic security operations.
• Agentic SOC Platform: Customers across both regions will gain access to Exaforce’s agentic SOC platform powered by its real-time knowledge graph and Multi-Model AI, purpose-built for security operations, enabling AI-driven threat detection, intelligent triage, rapid investigation, and accelerated response at enterprise scale, without the headcount overhead of a traditional stack.
• Trusted Local Expertise: KDDI’s established local presence and long-standing enterprise relationships in both the U.S. and EMEA provide Exaforce with a trusted, well-aligned cross-border channel to reach and serve multinational enterprises with complex, cross-border security operations requirements.
• Cross-Continental Collaboration: For multinational enterprises operating across the U.S. and EMEA who are in need of SOC services, the already existing seamless partnership between KDDI America, Inc. and KDDI Europe Ltd. offers a unified, scalable approach to modern security operations across regions. This is especially valuable for organizations navigating complex cross-border security requirements, as KDDI provides coordinated localized support while now enabling centralized visibility and automation through Exaforce’s multi-model AI capabilities.

“KDDI America is focused on redefining what modern managed security should look like—intelligent, deeply integrated, and continuously operating at a global scale,” said Tetsuya Nakamura, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of KDDI America, Inc. “Our partnership with Exaforce accelerates that vision by bolstering our SOC-as-a-Service with an AI-native layer of precision, speed, and operational rigor across our security offerings—allowing us to anticipate and respond to threats with greater speed and accuracy. Together, Exaforce’s agentic SOC capabilities and KDDI America’s end-to-end service model create an always-on, future-ready, context-aware security fabric that not only identifies and contains threats faster but also helps anticipate risk through adaptive analytics and real-time telemetry. We’re not simply enhancing cybersecurity services—we’re engineering security as a fully integrated function of our customers’ everyday operations, effortlessly embedded in everything from their infrastructure to applications and designed to evolve with the growing threat landscape.”

“At KDDI Europe, our horizontal security model spans the full cybersecurity lifecycle, beginning with consultation and risk alignment, progressing through system design and implementation and culminating in continuous operations. At the core of this model sits our SOC service, where Exaforce serves as a strategic cornerstone, enabling business context aware, Agentic-AI driven detection, investigation and response. This allows us to deliver the security of tomorrow, today with greater speed and operational clarity. As AI reshapes the threat landscape, attackers are becoming more adaptive and scalable, making intelligent automation essential to maintain effective defence. We are excited to advance our technological capabilities and becoming the founding strategic partner of Exaforce in EMEA represents a significant step forward in delivering next generation, AI driven cyber defence for our customers,” said Ken Tsutsui, Deputy Managing Director & Chief Technology Officer of KDDI Europe.

About KDDI America

KDDI America is a global leader in information and communication technology (ICT) solutions. As a subsidiary of KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's largest telecommunications companies and a Fortune Global 500 Company, KDDI America delivers a broad range of services, including cloud solutions, networking, cybersecurity, and managed IT services. With a focus on connecting businesses worldwide and enabling digital transformation, KDDI America empowers organizations to enhance their capabilities, scale their operations, and innovate for the future. For more information, visit https://us.kddi.com/.

About KDDI Europe

KDDI Europe is a trusted managed security services provider (MSSP), delivering 24/7 SOC services to multinational organisations across EMEA. Our security operations combine expert analysts, automation, and deep business context to enable fast, reliable detection and response for complex enterprise environments. In addition to managed security, KDDI Europe supports customers with secure connectivity, cloud, and system integration services, helping organisations operate and transform with confidence. For more information, visit https://www.eu.kddi.com/.

About Exaforce

Exaforce is the pioneer in agentic security operations. Its AI-native platform combines a real-time security knowledge graph with AI agents (Exabots). It is supported by an MDR service that helps teams detect, triage, investigate, and respond to threats at machine speed. Backed by HarbourVest, Peak XV, Mayfield, Khosla Ventures, and Seligman Ventures, Exaforce serves security teams at enterprises across healthcare, technology, financial services, and other high-target industries. Learn more at www.exaforce.com