cluster

Security and compliance startup ideas and companies

Cybersecurity, fraud, identity verification, regulatory compliance, legal tech.

643

companies tracked

124

from the last 2 years

88

startup-relevant federal grants ($41M)

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Newest in the cluster

  • Tire SwingY Combinator F26readiness

    AI Compliance for Affordable Housing

  • DeepMarkY Combinator F26readiness

    A live watermark inside AI voice that survives phone calls

  • GrayPassY Combinator F26readiness

    Verify that the expected person is in control before key actions.

  • OpenHackY Combinator F26readiness

    Always-on AI security engineer

  • Thalus.aiPlug and Play PnP 2026readiness

    Make AI risk reviews faster and smarter with automated risk tiering, risk detection, and risk control recommendations — delivered through an API that plugs into your existing SDLC tools.

  • SecuraAIPlug and Play PnP 2026readiness

    A Princeton-based startup helping highly regulated industries, such as healthcare, safely deploy AI by automating AI security and governance.

  • TextminePlug and Play PnP 2026readiness

    Document compliance for regulated industries.

  • CentraleyesPlug and Play PnP 2026readiness

    AI-powered GRC platform with 100+ pre-built frameworks for internal and third-party cyber risk, plus risk quantification.

  • NebuSecY Combinator S26readiness

    Autonomous AI defense system for cyber attack

  • CautionY Combinator S26readiness

    Hosting platform for software you can't afford to have hacked

  • TridentY Combinator S26readiness

    Autonomous offensive security agents. The best defense is offense

  • PalisadeY Combinator S26readiness

    AI that finds and fixes OS-level vulnerabilities across device fleets

Most AI-visible

Highest AEO scores - how well AI assistants can read and cite them.

  • Unbound70
  • Luthor67
  • Brightflag67
  • SaltyCloud67
  • Accountable67
  • Trust & Will66
  • Didit66
  • Cloudanix65

Recent rounds

  • Osavulunknown$9M
  • Sovera Securityseed$589K
  • Complaionunknown$0K
  • Baselayerseries-b$0K
  • Arcosunknown$6M

By program

  • Y Combinator192
  • Plug and Play141
  • Techstars106
  • 500 Global50
  • Antler39
  • Alchemist Accelerator30
  • Seedcamp24
  • Entrepreneur First19
  • Pear VC9
  • South Park Commons9
  • Berkeley SkyDeck8
  • a16z speedrun7
  • SOSV6
  • AI Grant2
  • Sequoia Arc1

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Updated hourly from accelerator directories, funding news and federal grant data.