Seed Cybersecurity companies in San Francisco
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- 1Uno (acquired by Okta)· San Francisco, California, United States
The internet can be hard to use. Good online security is cumbersome and technical. Uno is making it easy, starting with security. We're building a next generation, consumer password manager.If this sounds exciting, don't hesitate to reach out! We're always looking to add folks who are excited by the mission.hello@uno.app
- Seed
- 88 employees
- Founded 2020
- 2APIsec University· San Francisco, California, United States
Become an API Security Expert.APIs power virtually every mobile and web application, enable integrations across organizations, and drive more rapid innovation and development.APIs have also become the primary target for attackers, resulting in thousands of breaches and billions of records stolen.APIsec University exists to help develop the next generation of API Defenders. Get started today.
- Seed
- 50 employees
- Founded 2022
- 3Levo.ai· San Francisco, California, United States
Software has entered a new era. APIs turned every enterprise into a platform. Now AI is turning every application into an intelligent agent. Together, they form the nervous system of modern growth, fast, dynamic, and deeply interconnected.But while software has evolved into this living mesh, security has not. Legacy tools remain static perimeters, too noisy to trust, too rigid to scale, too blind to govern what truly matters. The result is familiar: stalled AI pilots, unmonitored API sprawl, compliance reviews that drag on, and incidents that erode margins and trust.Levo exists to change this. We unify API and AI security at runtime, bringing passive detection and inline protection into one fabric. Because we have the broadest and deepest visibility into everything, we detect everything accurately. And because we detect everything with confidence, we can block with confidence, eliminating noise, stopping real risks, and enabling enterprises to govern AI and APIs at scale.For enterprises, that means growth without trade offs secure innovation, fewer breaches, smoother audits, faster adoption, and stronger trust.With Levo, leaders don’t just react to the future of software, they expand it, safely.
- Seed
- 31 employees
- Founded 2021
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- 4RunSybil· San Francisco, California, United States
RunSybil is an AI-native offensive security platform that autonomously discovers and exploits real-world vulnerabilities across modern applications.Sybil agents interact with systems like expert attackers: interacting with systems dynamically, exploring authentication boundaries, finding and validating vulnerabilities, and surfacing real data exposure.The result is continuous, black-box security testing with real validation: no code access required, 90% fewer false positives, and visibility into the vulnerabilities that actually expose data.
- Seed
- 29 employees
- Founded 2023
- 5Akto.io· San Francisco, California, United States
Built for Modern AI Security Teams. Akto is the Agentic AI Security platform for your teams to secure AI agents, MCPs, and LLMs in your organization. Akto's platform helps teams build their Agentic AI Security program through Discovery, Governance, red teaming, monitoring, and enforcing guardrails on Agentic AI assets. 100+ Modern AI Security teams globally trust Akto for:- MCP Security- AI Agent SecurityAkto is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by leading venture capital firms, including Accel Partners and Alumni Ventures, with angel and advisory from Tenable Founder, Notion Founder, Sentry CEO, Jim Manico, and Synack CTO, among others.Akto has been featured in Forbes, Nasdaq, Dark Reading, Venture Beat, and CSO Online as one of the cybersecurity startups to watch.Akto is a representative vendor in Gartner® Market Guide for API Protection, Gartner® Hype Cycle for APIs, and Gartner® Hype Cycle for Application Security.
- Seed
- 28 employees
- Founded 2022
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