Top Security Companies

The 28 top-ranked Security startups hiring now on SHORTList, scored on funding, hiring, and engineering momentum. Updated regularly.

28 companies

  1. 01V
    Vannevar LabsTop 30

    AI solutions for national security

    AI/ML · Series B · Palo Alto, California, United States

  2. 02N
    NinjaOneTop 75

    Unified IT operations platform

    Enterprise SaaS · Series C · Austin, Texas, United States

  3. 03S
    Surf 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

  4. 04S
    Socket

    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

  5. 05C
    Corridor

    AI-driven security for software development

    AI/ML · Series A · San Francisco, California, USA

  6. 06F
    Frame Security

    Build the future of human security

    AI/ML · Other / Unspecified · New York, New York, USA

  7. 07E
    Ent Security

    Intent-aware endpoint security solutions

    AI/ML · Seed · San Francisco, California, United States

  8. 08B
    Box

    Cloud content management & collaboration

    DevTools/Cloud · Other / Unspecified · Redwood City, California, United States

  9. 09Q
    Quartermaster

    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

  10. 10A
    Anthropic

    AI foundation models & Claude

    AI/ML · Series D+ · San Francisco, CA

  11. 11P
    Pramaana Labs

    AI/ML

  12. 12A
    Alien

    Decentralized identity infrastructure for AI trust

    Security · Pre-Seed

  13. 13P
    Pax

    Pax is the AI platform for law enforcement to solve more crimes, faster.

    AI/ML · Seed

  14. 14C
    Cyera

    AI-native data security platform

    Data/Analytics · New York, New York, United States

  15. 15S
    Segura

    Enterprise-grade Privileged Access Management

    DevTools/Cloud · Other / Unspecified · São Paulo, Brazil

  16. 16E
    Exaforce

    AI-driven cybersecurity operations

    AI/ML · Series B · San Jose, California, USA

  17. 17E
    Evervault

    Developer-focused data encryption platform

    DevTools/Cloud · Series B · New York, NY, USA

  18. 18O
    Oasis Security

    Agentic Access Management. Access control that understands intent, not just static roles and permissions.

    AI/ML · Series B · New York City, United States

  19. 19T
    Treeline

    AI-powered IT and security services

    AI/ML · Series A · San Francisco, CA

  20. 20C
    Cloaked 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

  21. 21N
    Native

    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

  22. 22C
    Chainguard

    Securing open-source software supply chains

    DevTools/Cloud · Series D+ · Kirkland, Washington, USA

  23. 23E
    ExtraHop

    Network detection and response solutions

    Data/Analytics · Other / Unspecified · Seattle, Washington, United States

  24. 24D
    Depthfirst

    AI-driven cybersecurity solutions

    AI/ML · Series B · San Francisco, CA

  25. 25R
    Runsybil

    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