AccuKnox Analysis: $650 Raised
What is AccuKnox?
AI-Powered Zero Trust CNAPP for cloud-native app security
Employees
51-200
Founded
2020
Revenue
$25.1M
Growth Rate
31.5%
Latest Funding Round Size
$650-700M (Palo Alto Networks), undisclosed (Fortinet), $236M (Zscaler)
Product Features & Capabilities
- Zero Trust Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
- AI Security for building AI apps with confidence
- AccuKnox AI Copilot for security co-piloting
- Securing AI Factories for GPU fleets
- Cloud Security (CSPM) with asset inventory and continuous compliance
- Runtime Security (CWPP) with inline attack mitigation
- Kubernetes Security (KSPM) with admission controller enforcement
- API Security with shadow detection
- SIEM for real-time threat analysis
- 5G Security for O-RAN workload observability
Use Cases
Secure 18,000+ assets across GCP, VMs, and K8s; Reduce incident resolution time by 95%; Prevent 85% of PII leaks in HIPAA-compliant environments; Mitigate ransomware attacks with automated policy enforcement; Detect zero-day attacks in Kubernetes workloads; Enforce Zero Trust policies across hybrid cloud environments; Monitor IoT/Edge devices for distributed threats
How much AccuKnox raised
Funding Round - $650-700M (Palo Alto Networks), undisclosed (Fortinet), $236M (Zscaler)
RecentOther Considerations
Recognized as AI Security Startup of 2025 by BSides Bangalore; Secured 18,000+ assets in production environments; Reduced incident resolution time by 95%; Trusted by security teams in 100+ global organizations; Partnerships with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, and Alibaba Cloud; Open source KubeArmor project with eBPF and LSM technologies
Recent Acquisitions
- Microsoft - Acquired Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, completing the deal on October 13, 2023. - Source
- Palo Alto Networks - - Acquired IBM's QRadar SaaS assets (8 months ago). - In talks to acquire Protect AI for approximately $700 million (recently). - Source - Source
- CrowdStrike - Confirmed the acquisition of Bionic.ai for $350 million (September 2023). - Source
- Orca Security - Recently acquired Opus to enhance its CNAPP offering with AI-powered remediation (3 days ago). - Source
- Illumio - No recent acquisitions found in the past year.
