Start-ups only Including incumbents
AI Security Top 40 Movers Week of 26 Oct – 1 Nov · ranked by momentum on the Market Maturity Map : headcount change, hiring, launches and partnerships, earned mentions and the vendor's own posts over 90 days.
Vendor Last wk Peak Trend, 4 wks Momentum
1 = 3rd week at #1 · Scaling · Accelerating · 4th week on chart 17 launches and partnerships, 8 earned mentions Last week 1 · Peak 1 · Momentum 71 1 1 Momentum 70 → 71 over 4 weeks 71 2 = Executing · Accelerating · 4th week on chart 17 earned mentions, 3 open roles per 100 staff Last week 2 · Peak 2 · Momentum 71 2 2 Momentum 69 → 71 over 4 weeks 71 3 = Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart 6 launches and partnerships Last week 3 · Peak 3 · Momentum 67 3 3 Momentum 62 → 67 over 4 weeks 67 4 = Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart Headcount +1%, raised Seed, Sep 2026 Last week 4 · Peak 4 · Momentum 64 4 4 Momentum 59 → 64 over 4 weeks 64 5 = Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 60 open roles per 100 staff, 2 launches and partnerships Last week 5 · Peak 5 · Momentum 63 5 5 Momentum 58 → 63 over 4 weeks 63 6 = Building · Growing · 4th week on chart 5 launches and partnerships, 5 earned mentions Last week 6 · Peak 1 · Momentum 63 6 1 Momentum 72 → 63 over 4 weeks 63 7 ▲ 1 Building · Growing · 4th week on chart 17 open roles per 100 staff Last week 8 · Peak 7 · Momentum 62 8 7 Momentum 55 → 62 over 4 weeks 62 8 ▼ 1 Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart Headcount +1%, 2 launches and partnerships Last week 7 · Peak 7 · Momentum 61 7 7 Momentum 52 → 61 over 4 weeks 61 9 ▲ 1 Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart 3 launches and partnerships Last week 10 · Peak 9 · Momentum 61 10 9 Momentum 50 → 61 over 4 weeks 61 10 ▲ 1 Executing · Growing · 4th week on chart 8 open roles per 100 staff, 4 earned mentions, raised Series B, Sep 2026 Last week 11 · Peak 10 · Momentum 60 11 10 Momentum 55 → 60 over 4 weeks 60 Show 11–39 11 ▼ 2 Building · Growing · 4th week on chart 3 launches and partnerships Last week 9 · Peak 2 · Momentum 59 9 2 Momentum 71 → 59 over 4 weeks 59 12 ▲ 2 Building · Growing · 4th week on chart 8 launches and partnerships, 8 earned mentions Last week 14 · Peak 4 · Momentum 58 14 4 Momentum 56 → 58 over 4 weeks 58 13 ▼ 1 Building · Growing · 4th week on chart 5 launches and partnerships Last week 12 · Peak 12 · Momentum 58 12 12 Momentum 49 → 58 over 4 weeks 58 14 ▲ 1 Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart 13 open roles per 100 staff, 6 earned mentions Last week 15 · Peak 14 · Momentum 57 15 14 Momentum 45 → 57 over 4 weeks 57 15 ▼ 2 Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart 9 earned mentions, raised Series A, Oct 2026 Last week 13 · Peak 13 · Momentum 56 13 13 Momentum 44 → 56 over 4 weeks 56 16 = Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart 4 earned mentions, raised Seed, Oct 2026 Last week 16 · Peak 8 · Momentum 54 16 8 Momentum 56 → 54 over 4 weeks 54 17 ▲ 4 Executing · Growing · 4th week on chart 6 open roles per 100 staff, 2 launches and partnerships Last week 21 · Peak 12 · Momentum 53 21 12 Momentum 48 → 53 over 4 weeks 53 18 ▼ 1 Building · Growing · 4th week on chart 3 launches and partnerships Last week 17 · Peak 12 · Momentum 52 17 12 Momentum 53 → 52 over 4 weeks 52 19 ▼ 1 Building · Growing · 4th week on chart Headcount +5% Last week 18 · Peak 18 · Momentum 51 18 18 Momentum 33 → 51 over 4 weeks 51 20 ▲ 5 Emerging · Growing · 4th week on chart Last week 25 · Peak 19 · Momentum 50 25 19 Momentum 49 → 50 over 4 weeks 50 21 ▲ 14 Building · Growing · 4th week on chart Last week 35 · Peak 21 · Momentum 49 35 21 Momentum 39 → 49 over 4 weeks 49 22 ▼ 3 Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 4 earned mentions Last week 19 · Peak 19 · Momentum 48 19 19 Momentum 36 → 48 over 4 weeks 48 23 ▼ 1 Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart Raised Series A, Aug 2026 Last week 22 · Peak 17 · Momentum 48 22 17 Momentum 49 → 48 over 4 weeks 48 24 ▼ 4 Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart 12 open roles per 100 staff Last week 20 · Peak 15 · Momentum 48 20 15 Momentum 51 → 48 over 4 weeks 48 25 ▼ 2 Executing · Growing · 4th week on chart 6 open roles per 100 staff Last week 23 · Peak 14 · Momentum 44 23 14 Momentum 51 → 44 over 4 weeks 44 26 ▼ 2 Emerging · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 24 · Peak 24 · Momentum 43 24 24 Momentum 42 → 43 over 4 weeks 43 27 ▲ 1 Emerging · Growing · 4th week on chart 10 earned mentions, raised Seed, Sep 2026 Last week 28 · Peak 24 · Momentum 42 28 24 Momentum 40 → 42 over 4 weeks 42 28 ▼ 2 Executing · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 26 · Peak 26 · Momentum 42 26 26 Momentum 40 → 42 over 4 weeks 42 29 ▼ 2 Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart Last week 27 · Peak 22 · Momentum 42 27 22 Momentum 45 → 42 over 4 weeks 42 30 ▼ 1 Executing · Growing · 4th week on chart Last week 29 · Peak 26 · Momentum 39 29 26 Momentum 35 → 39 over 4 weeks 39 31 ▲ 6 Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 37 · Peak 31 · Momentum 37 37 31 Momentum 25 → 37 over 4 weeks 37 32 ▲ 1 Emerging · Growing · 4th week on chart Last week 33 · Peak 29 · Momentum 37 33 29 Momentum 34 → 37 over 4 weeks 37 33 ▼ 3 Emerging · Growing · 4th week on chart Last week 30 · Peak 27 · Momentum 36 30 27 Momentum 36 → 36 over 4 weeks 36 34 ▼ 3 Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart Last week 31 · Peak 23 · Momentum 36 31 23 Momentum 42 → 36 over 4 weeks 36 35 ▼ 3 Scaling · Growing · 4th week on chart Last week 32 · Peak 26 · Momentum 36 32 26 Momentum 38 → 36 over 4 weeks 36 36 ▼ 2 Emerging · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 34 · Peak 34 · Momentum 35 34 34 Momentum 31 → 35 over 4 weeks 35 37 ▼ 1 Emerging · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 36 · Peak 36 · Momentum 34 36 36 Momentum 28 → 34 over 4 weeks 34 38 ▲ 1 Scaling · Holding · 4th week on chart 6 open roles per 100 staff Last week 39 · Peak 31 · Momentum 30 39 31 Momentum 32 → 30 over 4 weeks 30 39 ▼ 1 Lumeus.ai Building · Holding · 4th week on chart Last week 38 · Peak 32 · Momentum 30 38 32 Momentum 25 → 30 over 4 weeks 30 AI Security Top 40 Movers Week of 26 Oct – 1 Nov · ranked by momentum on the Market Maturity Map : headcount change, hiring, launches and partnerships, earned mentions and the vendor's own posts over 90 days.
Vendor Last wk Peak Trend, 4 wks Momentum
1 ▲ 1 2nd week at #1 · Large incumbent · Executing · Accelerating · 3rd week on chart 14 launches and partnerships, headcount +0% Last week 2 · Peak 1 · Momentum 91 2 1 Momentum 90 → 91 over 4 weeks 91 2 ▲ 1 Large incumbent · Executing · Accelerating · 3rd week on chart 7 launches and partnerships, headcount +0% Last week 3 · Peak 2 · Momentum 80 3 2 Momentum 76 → 80 over 4 weeks 80 3 ▼ 2 Large incumbent · Executing · Accelerating · 3rd week on chart 13 launches and partnerships, 5 earned mentions Last week 1 · Peak 1 · Momentum 78 1 1 Momentum 82 → 78 over 4 weeks 78 4 = Large incumbent · Executing · Accelerating · 3rd week on chart Headcount +2%, 5 launches and partnerships Last week 4 · Peak 3 · Momentum 78 4 3 Momentum 78 → 78 over 4 weeks 78 5 = Large incumbent · Executing · Accelerating · 3rd week on chart 10 launches and partnerships, headcount +0% Last week 5 · Peak 5 · Momentum 73 5 5 Momentum 75 → 73 over 4 weeks 73 6 = Scaling · Accelerating · 3rd week on chart 17 launches and partnerships, 8 earned mentions Last week 6 · Peak 6 · Momentum 71 6 6 Momentum 70 → 71 over 4 weeks 71 7 = Executing · Accelerating · 3rd week on chart 17 earned mentions, 3 open roles per 100 staff Last week 7 · Peak 7 · Momentum 71 7 7 Momentum 69 → 71 over 4 weeks 71 8 = Large incumbent · Executing · Accelerating · 3rd week on chart 12 launches and partnerships Last week 8 · Peak 8 · Momentum 69 8 8 Momentum 65 → 69 over 4 weeks 69 9 = Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart 6 launches and partnerships Last week 9 · Peak 9 · Momentum 67 9 9 Momentum 62 → 67 over 4 weeks 67 10 = Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart Headcount +1%, raised Seed, Sep 2026 Last week 10 · Peak 10 · Momentum 64 10 10 Momentum 59 → 64 over 4 weeks 64 Show 11–40 11 = Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 60 open roles per 100 staff, 2 launches and partnerships Last week 11 · Peak 11 · Momentum 63 11 11 Momentum 58 → 63 over 4 weeks 63 12 = Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 5 launches and partnerships, 5 earned mentions Last week 12 · Peak 8 · Momentum 63 12 8 Momentum 72 → 63 over 4 weeks 63 13 = Large incumbent · Executing · Growing · 3rd week on chart 17 launches and partnerships Last week 13 · Peak 13 · Momentum 62 13 13 Momentum 64 → 62 over 4 weeks 62 14 ▲ 1 Cisco Large incumbent · Executing · Growing · 3rd week on chart 14 launches and partnerships Last week 15 · Peak 14 · Momentum 62 15 14 Momentum 62 → 62 over 4 weeks 62 15 ▲ 1 Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 17 open roles per 100 staff Last week 16 · Peak 15 · Momentum 62 16 15 Momentum 55 → 62 over 4 weeks 62 16 ▼ 2 Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart Headcount +1%, 2 launches and partnerships Last week 14 · Peak 14 · Momentum 61 14 14 Momentum 52 → 61 over 4 weeks 61 17 ▲ 1 Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart 3 launches and partnerships Last week 18 · Peak 17 · Momentum 61 18 17 Momentum 50 → 61 over 4 weeks 61 18 ▲ 1 Executing · Growing · 3rd week on chart 8 open roles per 100 staff, 4 earned mentions, raised Series B, Sep 2026 Last week 19 · Peak 18 · Momentum 60 19 18 Momentum 55 → 60 over 4 weeks 60 19 ▼ 2 Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 3 launches and partnerships Last week 17 · Peak 11 · Momentum 59 17 11 Momentum 71 → 59 over 4 weeks 59 20 ▲ 2 Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 8 launches and partnerships, 8 earned mentions Last week 22 · Peak 9 · Momentum 58 22 9 Momentum 56 → 58 over 4 weeks 58 21 ▼ 1 Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 5 launches and partnerships Last week 20 · Peak 20 · Momentum 58 20 20 Momentum 49 → 58 over 4 weeks 58 22 ▲ 1 Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart 13 open roles per 100 staff, 6 earned mentions Last week 23 · Peak 22 · Momentum 57 23 22 Momentum 45 → 57 over 4 weeks 57 23 ▼ 2 Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart 9 earned mentions, raised Series A, Oct 2026 Last week 21 · Peak 21 · Momentum 56 21 21 Momentum 44 → 56 over 4 weeks 56 24 = Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart 4 earned mentions, raised Seed, Oct 2026 Last week 24 · Peak 22 · Momentum 54 24 22 Momentum 56 → 54 over 4 weeks 54 25 ▲ 5 Executing · Growing · 3rd week on chart 6 open roles per 100 staff, 2 launches and partnerships Last week 30 · Peak 20 · Momentum 53 30 20 Momentum 48 → 53 over 4 weeks 53 26 ▼ 1 Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 3 launches and partnerships Last week 25 · Peak 21 · Momentum 52 25 21 Momentum 53 → 52 over 4 weeks 52 27 ▲ 1 Large incumbent · Executing · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 28 · Peak 27 · Momentum 52 28 27 Momentum 41 → 52 over 4 weeks 52 28 ▼ 2 Building · Growing · 2nd week on chart Headcount +5% Last week 26 · Peak 26 · Momentum 51 26 26 Momentum 33 → 51 over 4 weeks 51 29 ▲ 5 Emerging · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 34 · Peak 29 · Momentum 50 34 29 Momentum 49 → 50 over 4 weeks 50 30 Re-entry Building · Growing · 2nd week on chart Last week – · Peak 30 · Momentum 49 – 30 Momentum 39 → 49 over 4 weeks 49 31 ▼ 4 Building · Growing · 3rd week on chart 4 earned mentions Last week 27 · Peak 27 · Momentum 48 27 27 Momentum 36 → 48 over 4 weeks 48 32 ▼ 1 Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart Raised Series A, Aug 2026 Last week 31 · Peak 26 · Momentum 48 31 26 Momentum 49 → 48 over 4 weeks 48 33 ▼ 4 Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart 12 open roles per 100 staff Last week 29 · Peak 25 · Momentum 48 29 25 Momentum 51 → 48 over 4 weeks 48 34 ▼ 2 Executing · Growing · 3rd week on chart 6 open roles per 100 staff Last week 32 · Peak 28 · Momentum 44 32 28 Momentum 51 → 44 over 4 weeks 44 35 ▼ 2 Emerging · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 33 · Peak 32 · Momentum 43 33 32 Momentum 42 → 43 over 4 weeks 43 36 ▲ 1 Emerging · Growing · 3rd week on chart 10 earned mentions, raised Seed, Sep 2026 Last week 37 · Peak 33 · Momentum 42 37 33 Momentum 40 → 42 over 4 weeks 42 37 ▼ 2 Executing · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 35 · Peak 35 · Momentum 42 35 35 Momentum 40 → 42 over 4 weeks 42 38 ▼ 2 Scaling · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 36 · Peak 30 · Momentum 42 36 30 Momentum 45 → 42 over 4 weeks 42 39 ▼ 1 Executing · Growing · 3rd week on chart Last week 38 · Peak 35 · Momentum 39 38 35 Momentum 35 → 39 over 4 weeks 39 40 New Scaling · Growing Last week – · Peak 40 · Momentum 37 – 40 Momentum 25 → 37 over 4 weeks 37 Featured development · Acquisition
CrowdStrike to acquire Dreadnode for automated AI security testing Dreadnode's capabilities will be integrated into the Falcon platform.
Bought by CrowdStrike.
· 3 Nov 2026 · 19 sources · Reported by multiple independent sources
Highlights 1 acquisition among the vendors we track. CrowdStrike completed an acquisition on 3 November.
New funding for Harmonic Security, Rein Security. Harmonic Security raised a $50M series b round led by Crosspoint Capital Partners, bringing total funding to $76 million on 14 October. Rein Security raised a $25M series a round on 8 October. Harmonic Security raised a $50M round on 14 October.
Customer announcements from CrowdStrike, Singulr AI, Rein Security, Zscaler and 2 more. 14 customer or deployment announcements, 13 of them naming the customer.
30 of 48 vendors had a development. 95 developments in 30 days, plus 9 hiring or headcount signals. The 4 most active vendors account for 36% of them (CrowdStrike 13, F5 7, Kong 7, Zscaler 7). 16 vendors were watched and had none. 2 are not fully collected yet.
CrowdStrike: 13 developments F5: 7 developments Kong: 7 developments Zscaler: 7 developments Palo Alto Networks: 6 developments Deals, funding, partnerships, leadership changes, contract awards, and incidents such as breaches or lawsuits.
Partnership
CrowdStrike partners with Anthropic to protect Claude Cowork CrowdStrike collaborates with Anthropic to provide security protection for Claude Cowork deployments.
· 4 Nov 2026 · 1 source · Vendor sources only
Partnership
F5 partners with Red Hat on AI sovereignty architecture F5 and Red Hat built a joint architecture covering encryption keys, AI inference, zero trust access, and sovereign IDMZ.
· 4 Nov 2026 · 1 source · Vendor sources only
Acquisition
CrowdStrike to acquire Dreadnode for automated AI security testing Dreadnode's capabilities will be integrated into the Falcon platform.
· 3 Nov 2026 · 19 sources · Reported by multiple independent sources
Partnership
CrowdStrike integrates Falcon sensor with Anthropic's Claude Cowork Beta integration deploys Falcon sensor inside Cowork VM for AI agent runtime visibility on macOS.
· 3 Nov 2026 · 2 sources · Vendor sources only
Deals and launches by companies outside the vendor list, from news coverage or reported by two or more accounts.
Product expansion
Microsoft introduces dynamic permissions for AI agent security New security controls manage AI agents as internal users with permissions adjusting based on task context.
Microsoft · 20 Oct 2026 · 5 sources · Reported by multiple independent sources
Product expansion
Fortinet expands AI security with FortiGuard Inline AI Security Service The cloud-delivered solution provides AI-specific inspection and guardrails for FortiGate customers to monitor AI activity and prevent threats and data exposure.
Fortinet · 27 Oct 2026 · 4 sources · Reported by multiple independent sources
Product launch
Walmart launches Agent Gateway, an MCP server for approved AI shopping agents Walmart · 22 Oct 2026 · 4 sources · Reported by multiple independent sources
Product launch
Cloudflare launches beta Web Search API through AI Gateway · 29 Oct 2026 · 3 sources · Reported by multiple independent sources
Product expansion
ThreatLocker launches Zero Trust AI control for security teams to oversee AI agents The solution enables organizations to adopt agentic AI while maintaining security oversight and control over their environments.
ThreatLocker · 20 Oct 2026 · 3 sources · Reported by multiple independent sources
New products, and expansions of existing ones.
Product expansion
Kong Konnect launches AI Cost Management Tracks and attributes agent spending across teams, applications, and use cases rather than showing aggregated cloud invoices.
· 4 Nov 2026 · 4 sources · Also reported independently
Product launch
CrowdStrike launches Agentic Adversary Emulation and mobile threat app AI-powered red teaming using SafeMind simulates attacks and validates defenses; both now in early access.
· 4 Nov 2026 · 3 sources · Also reported independently
Product launch
Cloudflare launches analytics for AI agent access and access policies Cloudflare launched new analytics to understand personal agent access to sites and more granular access policies.
· 4 Nov 2026 · 2 sources · Also reported independently
Product expansion
Aembit adds security for OpenAI Dots personal agents Aembit now secures OpenAI Dots personal AI agents, expanding coverage of workforce, coding and personal agents.
· 4 Nov 2026 · 1 source · Vendor sources only
Vendors with 5 or more open roles, and LinkedIn headcount changes of 10% or more.
97 open roles; 14 of 48 vendors have public job listings.
Hiring
Top 5 by open roles Job listings · open now
other 5, sales 4, operations 4
17 open roles sales 12, other 1, engineering 1
15 open roles engineering 9, sales 2
11 open roles engineering 5, sales 5
10 open roles engineering 6, marketing 2, operations 1
9 open roles Customer stories and deployments, whether or not the vendor names the customer.
Customer
KVC Health Systems runs Singulr AI for AI governance CIO Lonnie Johnson quoted on confidence to adopt AI at scale without compromising security, compliance or governance.
· 4 Nov 2026 · 1 source · Vendor sources only
Customer
Swimlane runs Rein Security across AI agents and code Swimlane cut investigation and remediation from hours to minutes, saves 20-40 hours weekly, and blocks prompt injection inline.
· 4 Nov 2026 · 1 source · Vendor sources only
Customer
BioIVT gains visibility into shadow AI using Zscaler Zero Trust After a phishing incident, BioIVT used Zscaler Zero Trust to gain insight into users, apps and GenAI activity.
· 28 Oct 2026 · 1 source · Vendor sources only
Opinion and research from vendors and researchers that is not about a specific announcement.
What practitioners are saying on X, Bluesky, Reddit and LinkedIn, newest first, and the most shared posts.
Most shared posts Reports in which analyst firms have named vendors, and the firms' own public posts. The reports are behind paywalls; every item links to its source.
See which investors are backing the vendors in this market. Data from the Cyberfuturists investor database.
Aembit
Zenity
Straiker
AIR Security
MintMCP
Vijil
NeuralTrust
Aurascape
Hush Security
HiddenLayer
DeepKeep
Token Security
Knostic
Harmonic Security
Rein Security
Lasso Security
Noma Security
Operant AI
Giskard
Enkrypt AI
Adversa AI
Pillar Security
Mindgard
Geordie AI
WitnessAI
Zaun
Guardrails AI
Oasis Security
Cranium AI
Airia
Quilr
Highflame
Repello AI
Clutch Security
Singulr AI
Lunar.dev
Optimus Labs
Arthur AI
Kong
Palo Alto Networks
SentinelOne
Zscaler
F5
Cloudflare
Check Point
CrowdStrike · 3 Nov 2026 · 19 sources · Reported by multiple independent sources
