Dream's autonomous cybersecurity system Hero has achieved a record 96.6% score on UC Berkeley's CyberGym benchmark, surpassing all previously published results from leading AI systems. The benchmark evaluates AI performance against over 1,500 real-world security challenges from open-source projects. Hero is powered by Hercules, Dream's specialised cybersecurity model built on GLM-5.2 open weights. The system operates as an autonomous research platform, orchestrating investigations across specialised AI agents and security tools to analyse code, debug software, and develop proof-of-concept exploits. The evaluation ran entirely on Dream-controlled NVIDIA infrastructure without public internet access or external AI model APIs. Dream, founded in 2023 by Shalev Hulio, Sebastian Kurz, and Gil Dolev, develops sovereign AI solutions for governments and critical infrastructure, employing approximately 350 people across Tel Aviv, Abu Dhabi, and Vienna.

Israeli AI startup Dream is planning Latin American expansion following a $260 million funding round that valued the company at $3 billion. The round was led by Bicycle Capital and Group 11. The Tel Aviv-based company, which provides national cyber defence and AI platforms for governments, aims to open a regional office within weeks. Co-founder Shalev Hulio cited recent election victories by Trump-aligned leaders across the region as creating favourable conditions. Possible locations include Bogotá, Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Latin America has become the fastest-growing region for cyber attacks according to World Bank research, whilst remaining the least protected. Recent high-profile incidents include a 2022 ransomware attack in Costa Rica that forced a national emergency declaration. Dream is already assisting some regional countries facing cyber attacks.