AI Startup Intelligence

AI Cybersecurity Startups

Track AI cybersecurity startups working on threat detection, SOC automation, identity risk, vulnerability management, and secure AI adoption.

Companies tracked: 235Key segments: SOC automation, threat detection, identity riskUpdated: May 10, 2026

AI Cybersecurity Market Snapshot

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tracked companies

visible location clusters

funding signals surfaced

AI cybersecurity demand is being pulled by two forces at once: AI-native attacks and enterprises needing controls for internal AI adoption.

Representative Companies

A crawler-visible sample of companies from the AI Market Watch database.

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Company	Location	Funding	Focus
Axonius Founded 2017	New York, USA	$595M	A cybersecurity asset management and SaaS management platform that provides organizations with a comprehensive, always-up-to-date inventory of all assets to identify and remediate security gaps.
Aikido Security Founded 2022	Ghent, Belgium	$84.5M	A developer-first application security platform that consolidates vulnerability scanning for code and cloud into one central system.
AI Spera Founded 2017	Seoul, South Korea	$17.5M	An AI-powered Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and Attack Surface Management (ASM) platform that tracks and analyzes global IP addresses and domains to identify cyber threats from an attacker's perspective.
Palo Alto Networks Founded 2005	Santa Clara, California, United States	$260.0M	Global AI-powered cybersecurity leader providing network, cloud, and security operations platforms to enterprises and governments worldwide.
Socket Founded 2021	San Francisco, USA	$64.6M	A developer-first security platform that protects the software supply chain by proactively detecting and blocking malicious code in open-source dependencies.
PeakMetrics Founded 2017	Los Angeles, USA	$12.7M	An AI-driven narrative intelligence platform that identifies, tracks, and counters emerging online threats and disinformation campaigns in real-time.
Huskeys Founded 2024	Tel Aviv, Israel	$8.0M	An AI-powered Edge Security Management (ESM) platform that uses agentic AI to automate, unify, and optimize the configuration of CDNs and Web Application Firewalls (WAFs).
Koi Founded 2024	Tel Aviv, Israel	$48.0M	Koi is an endpoint security platform that secures all software with an install button - governing browser extensions, packages, MCPs, AI models, AI agents, and containers across enterprise endpoints.
Vega Security Founded 2024	Tel Aviv, Israel	$185.0M	AI-native Security Analytics Mesh (SAM) platform that enables threat detection, investigation, and response across all enterprise data sources without requiring data centralization, migration, or costly ingestion fees.
IDfy Founded 2011	Mumbai, India	$42.9M	An AI-driven identity verification and fraud detection platform that provides 'Trust-as-a-Service' by verifying individuals and entities in real-time for secure digital onboarding.
ContraForce Founded 2021	McKinney, USA	$5.38M	An AI-powered security operations platform that automates threat detection, response, and management for MSPs and mid-market enterprises using Microsoft-native security tools.
Seclore Founded 2005	Santa Clara, USA	$50.2M	A Data Security Intelligence platform that provides persistent protection, discovery, and granular usage control for enterprise data and AI models across their entire lifecycle.
Clearly AI Founded 2024	Seattle, USA	$8.9M	An AI-native platform that automates security, privacy, and compliance reviews to replace manual assessments and accelerate the deployment of AI-driven features.
GitGuardian Founded 2017	Paris, France	$106.5M	A cybersecurity platform specializing in secrets detection and Non-Human Identity (NHI) management to secure the modern software development lifecycle and AI agent ecosystems.
Alert Logic Founded 2002	Houston, USA	$118.1M	A leading SaaS-enabled Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider that delivers 24/7 security visibility and expert threat response across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
TRM Labs Founded 2018	San Francisco, USA	$149.9M	A comprehensive blockchain intelligence platform designed to help financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies detect, investigate, and manage crypto-related fraud and financial crime.
AiStrike Founded 2024	Pleasanton, USA	$7.0M	An AI-native, preemptive cyber defense platform that utilizes autonomous 'Agentic AI' to transform security operations from reactive triage to proactive exposure reduction.
Kasada Founded 2015	Sydney, Australia	$39.0M	A modern bot mitigation and cybersecurity platform that protects websites, mobile apps, and APIs from automated attacks and malicious AI agents without using CAPTCHAs.
JumpCloud Founded 2012	Louisville, USA	~$408M total across 12 rounds	A cloud-native 'Open Directory Platform' that unifies identity, access, and device management (IAM and MDM) into a single, vendor-neutral interface for modern IT environments.
WitnessAI Founded 2023	San Mateo, USA	$85.5M	An enterprise-grade 'Agentic Security' platform designed to provide visibility, control, and guardrails for autonomous AI agents and Generative AI deployments.