Summary
Aslan publicly launched after raising $20.8 million to build AI agents for national-security investigations; Axios reports that the system provides a harness for intelligence and law-enforcement models operating in underground forums, Telegram channels and other online spaces. The founder says agents remain human-supervised but can actively engage in those ecosystems and ran autonomously for 21 days in one reported case, while agencies continue testing guardrails and data handling.
Why it matters
The development shows agentic systems moving from analysis into undercover online operations, where identity, lawful authority, escalation and oversight become central technical requirements.
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