[Bot Detection Startup Spur Intelligence Secures $200 Million in Funding, Led by Insight Partners] According to TechCrunch, bot detection startup Spur Intelligence has secured $200 million in funding, led by Insight Partners. Founded in 2017, the company’s technology helps businesses distinguish real users from covert bot traffic, identifying fake users and threats. Last month, Cloudflare reported that as of mid-2026, internet bot activity has, for the first time, surpassed human activity. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince stated that proxy traffic growth has far exceeded expectations. Spur noted that with the surge of anonymization infrastructure such as criminal VPNs and residential proxy networks, businesses face a "blind spot of seeing activity but not the underlying infrastructure behind it.