Top Security Companies
The 28 top-ranked Security startups hiring now on SHORTList, scored on funding, hiring, and engineering momentum. Updated regularly.
28 companies
- 01VVannevar LabsTop 30
AI solutions for national security
AI/ML · Series B · Palo Alto, California, United States
32Open roles - 02NNinjaOneTop 75
Unified IT operations platform
Enterprise SaaS · Series C · Austin, Texas, United States
- 03SSurf AITop 75
Surf AI is building the world’s first context-driven, agentic security platform. We focus on systems that don’t just surface risk, but actively help organizations resolve it.
AI/ML · Other / Unspecified · New York City, USA
4Open roles - 04SSocket
Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code.
AI/ML · Series C · Stanford, United States
13Open roles - 05CCorridor
AI-driven security for software development
AI/ML · Series A · San Francisco, California, USA
6Open roles - 06FFrame Security
Build the future of human security
AI/ML · Other / Unspecified · New York, New York, USA
5Open roles - 07EEnt Security
Intent-aware endpoint security solutions
AI/ML · Seed · San Francisco, California, United States
5Open roles - 08BBox
Cloud content management & collaboration
DevTools/Cloud · Other / Unspecified · Redwood City, California, United States
- 09QQuartermaster
Real-Time Distributed Maritime Awareness A scalable, distributed network that transforms civilian and commercial fleets into a persistent maritime sensing layer—powered by vessel-mounted HD video, geolocation, and AI.
AI/ML · Series A · Arlington, Virginia, USA
14Open roles - 10AAnthropic
AI foundation models & Claude
AI/ML · Series D+ · San Francisco, CA
- 11PPramaana Labs
AI/ML
- 12AAlien
Decentralized identity infrastructure for AI trust
Security · Pre-Seed
7Open roles - 13PPax
Pax is the AI platform for law enforcement to solve more crimes, faster.
AI/ML · Seed
- 14CCyera
AI-native data security platform
Data/Analytics · New York, New York, United States
- 15SSegura
Enterprise-grade Privileged Access Management
DevTools/Cloud · Other / Unspecified · São Paulo, Brazil
- 16EExaforce
AI-driven cybersecurity operations
AI/ML · Series B · San Jose, California, USA
5Open roles - 17EEvervault
Developer-focused data encryption platform
DevTools/Cloud · Series B · New York, NY, USA
- 18OOasis Security
Agentic Access Management. Access control that understands intent, not just static roles and permissions.
AI/ML · Series B · New York City, United States
63Open roles - 19TTreeline
AI-powered IT and security services
AI/ML · Series A · San Francisco, CA
5Open roles - 20CCloaked App
We’re building the future of privacy. We empower people to own their data, enabling smarter AI and apps without compromising privacy and safety.
Security · Series B · New York, NY
- 21NNative
The Cloud Security Control Plane for the Enterprise Enforce secure-by-design cloud architecture at scale using the built-in security controls across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI
Security · Series A · Tel Aviv, Israel
2Open roles - 22CChainguard
Securing open-source software supply chains
DevTools/Cloud · Series D+ · Kirkland, Washington, USA
- 23EExtraHop
Network detection and response solutions
Data/Analytics · Other / Unspecified · Seattle, Washington, United States
- 24DDepthfirst
AI-driven cybersecurity solutions
AI/ML · Series B · San Francisco, CA
14Open roles - 25RRunsybil
Attack is your best defense. RunSybil is an AI-powered offensive security platform that continuously tests your applications and infrastructure for exploitable vulnerabilities by reasoning about your system the way an elite human researcher would, but across your entire stack, on every deployment.
Security · Other / Unspecified