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Cycode now centers its pitch on AI-driven software development. It has proven more in the application-security business it has run since 2019: named enterprise customers such as Databricks and Grubhub, a 2026 Leader placement in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for software supply chain security, and a code scanner from its 2024 Bearer acquisition that an independent reviewer credits with 94 percent fewer false positives on a public benchmark. Cycode unveiled its AI-development features, including a Maestro orchestration layer, in March 2026. For those features the public record shows no named customer and no outside benchmark. A Cycode buyer stays for the application-security depth and the cost of removing a scanner wired into its pipeline, not for the AI layer added months ago.
| Description | Cycode secures software development that uses AI coding assistants, giving teams visibility into AI usage across their code and applying governance and guardrails throughout the development lifecycle. | [f1] |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 | [f2] |
| HQ | Tel Aviv, Israel | [f3] |
| Funding | $81M total | [f4] |
| Latest funding | Series B, $56M (2021) | [f4] |
| Deployment | SaaS, Self-hosted | [f5] |
| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cycode | Cycode: Agentic development security that inventories AI models, MCP servers, and code assistants across repositories and applies IDE and CLI guardrails to AI coding agents. |
AI Defense Matrix
| Govern | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI-Workload Platforms Inference servers, training platforms, vector DB platforms, and the model-loading supply chain. | ||||||
| AI Orchestration Tools Agentic orchestration tools, plus their plugins, skills, hooks, system prompts, scaffolding, harnesses, configuration settings, and MCP clients on user devices. | ||||||
| AI-Generated Code Code produced by AI tools, AI-assisted reviews, AI-generated infrastructure-as-code and tests, and vibe-coded apps that bypass CI/CD. | ||||||
| AI Gateways & Routers MCP proxies and gateways, LLM routers, outbound AI-service traffic, shadow AI egress, and model-registry traffic. | ||||||
| AI Model Model weights, fine-tuning checkpoints, model cards, registries, AIBOM, and the third-party LLMs your enterprise consumes. | ||||||
| Training Data Datasets used for training, fine-tuning, and continued learning. | ||||||
| Runtime AI Data User prompts, inference inputs, RAG content, vector DB content, persistent agent memory, and interaction history. | ||||||
| AI Agent Identities AI agents as non-human principals, plus credentials, keys, permission scopes, service accounts, and delegation chains across agents and tools. |
Cycode is agentic development security that inventories AI models, MCP servers, and code assistants across repositories and applies IDE and CLI guardrails to AI coding agents. It is mapped to the AI Defense Matrix. [f6]
Cyber Defense Matrix
| Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devices Workstations, servers, phones, tablets, storage, network devices, IoT infrastructure, and similar hardware. | |||||
| Applications Software, interactions, and application flows on the devices. | |||||
| Networks Connections and traffic flowing among devices and apps, plus communication paths. | |||||
| Data Content at rest, in transit, or in use across devices, apps, and networks. | |||||
| Users The people using the devices, apps, networks, and data. |
Cycode provides application security posture management and software supply chain security. This conventional security is mapped to the Cyber Defense Matrix. [f7]
How well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence.
| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity How precisely the company defines its problem, with evidence the problem exists at the scale claimed. | 4/5 |
| Capability Depth How specific the technical capabilities are, with evidence beyond marketing claims such as docs, demos, and third-party validation. | 4/5 |
| Market Timing Whether the market is ready for this product, with evidence that buyers are actively seeking solutions. | 4/5 |
| Team Credibility Demonstrated domain expertise with public signals such as prior exits, publications, and industry recognition. | 3/5 |
| GTM Proof Evidence of actual traction (customers, revenue signals, partnerships) beyond stated intentions. | 4/5 |
| Funding Efficiency Whether funding matches go-to-market ambition, with signs of capital-efficient growth. | 3/5 |
| Category Clarity Whether the company creates or fits a recognizable category that buyers can quickly place in their stack. | 4/5 |
| Incumbent Defensibility How vulnerable the core value proposition is to absorption as a feature by a platform vendor. | 3/5 |
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| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Value Delivery Does the product sell software as the product, or judgment, trust, or accountability with software as the delivery mechanism. | 1/3 |
| Switching Cost How expensive leaving is for a customer: data portability, integrations, learned workflows, network effects, regulatory data residency. | 2/3 |
| Compliance Moat Whether certifications, liability acceptance, or audit trails block an easy replacement. | 1/3 |
| Problem Complexity Whether the product requires ML, optimization, real-time systems, or years of specialized expertise. | 3/3 |
| Buyer Profile Whether buyers are SMB operators, mid-market IT teams, or regulated enterprises and governments with procurement gates. | 3/3 |
| Layer Whether the product is an end-user application, a platform with application features, or infrastructure other applications depend on. | 2/3 |
| Proprietary Data, Content, or IP Whether the product accumulates datasets, content licenses, or IP that a rival cannot recreate from scratch. | 1/3 |
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| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | Cycode: ADLC Security, Secure the Agentic Development Lifecycle | official | 2026-07-09 |
| f2 | CTech (Calcalist) on Cycode founding and Series B | press | 2026-06-29 |
| f3 | Tracxn Cycode company profile | research | 2026-06-14 |
| f4 | SecurityWeek on Cycode Series B | press | 2026-06-29 |
| f5 | AI Defense Matrix Catalog entry | other | 2026-06-10 |
| f6 | AI Defense Matrix Catalog mapping | other | 2026-06-23 |
| f7 | Cycode platform | official | 2026-06-14 |
| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | Cycode homepage with Agentic Development Security Platform and Gartner Magic Quadrant, IDC, and Frost Radar Leader badges “Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS), 2026.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s2 | Cycode ADLC Security page (AI visibility, governance, guardrails, MCP, AIBOM) “Discover AI code assistants, models, infrastructure, MCP servers, packages, secrets, rule files, and skills across your software factory.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s3 | Cycode About Us (founders and board of directors) “Lior Levy Co-Founder & CEO, Cycode. Ronen Slavin Co-Founder & CTO, Cycode. Andy Ellis Partner, YL Ventures. Eyal Gruner Founder & CEO, Cynet. Michael Fey Founder & CEO, Island. Jonathan Rosenbaum Managing Dir., Insight Partners.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s4 | Cycode Security and Trust center (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, CSA STAR, GDPR) “Cycode has completed a full third-party SOC 2 Type II audit. An independent auditor has evaluated our product, infrastructure, and policies to certify that Cycode complies with their stringent requirements.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s5 | Cycode press release unveiling the Agentic Development Security Platform (March 23, 2026) “With Maestro, Cycode manages and orchestrates agents to allow security teams to keep up with the 10X attacker, while built-in AI Governance and guardrails ensure the safe, compliant use of AI across the ADLC.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s6 | CTech (Calcalist) on Cycode Series B, founders, and customer traction “Since it first began selling in 2020, the company has acquired dozens of customers, ranging from large Fortune 500 enterprises to rapidly growing startups, including Grubhub, Databricks, Copart and Rapyd. In just the first three quarters of 2021, Cycode increased ARR 7x.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s7 | SecurityWeek on Cycode 56M Series B (total raised 81M) “The investment, which brings the total raised by Cycode to $81 million, was led by private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, with participation from YL Ventures.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s8 | AppSec Santa independent Cycode evaluation naming UBS, NielsenIQ, Cribl, and Elastic customers with OWASP Benchmark results “Cycode's next-generation SAST achieves 94% fewer false positives compared to competitors on the OWASP Benchmark, with a 75% recall rate. The technology came from its acquisition of Bearer in April 2024.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s9 | IDC MarketScape Worldwide Application Security Posture Management 2025 Vendor Assessment (Katie Norton) naming Snyk, Checkmarx, and Wiz among covered vendors “This IDC study evaluates 18 vendors in the worldwide application security posture management (ASPM) market. While this affirms its place as a defined category, the diversity of capabilities, origins, and design philosophies has created significant complexity for buyers.” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s10 | DevOps.com on Cycode acquiring Bearer to extend its ASPM platform “Cycode today announced it had acquired Bearer, a provider of a set of tools for static application security testing (SAST), discovering application programming interfaces (APIs) and identifying sensitive data.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s11 | DevOps.com on Cycode using eBPF (Cimon) to secure CI/CD pipelines “Cycode today added a Cimon extension to its application security platform that uses extended Berkeley Packet Filtering (eBPF) to thwart cyberattacks against continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s12 | National Vulnerability Database API search for Cycode (no matching CVE records) “"totalResults":0” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s13 | CTech (Calcalist) on Cycode founder backgrounds “Cycode was founded in 2019 by CEO Lior Levy, a former Solutions Architect at Symantec, and serial entrepreneur Ronen Slavin, who serves as the company's CTO.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | Cycode homepage with Agentic Development Security Platform and Gartner Magic Quadrant, IDC, and Frost Radar Leader badges “Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS), 2026.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s2 | Cycode ADLC Security page (AI visibility, governance, guardrails, MCP, AIBOM) “Discover AI code assistants, models, infrastructure, MCP servers, packages, secrets, rule files, and skills across your software factory.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s3 | Cycode About Us (founders and board of directors) “Lior Levy Co-Founder & CEO, Cycode. Ronen Slavin Co-Founder & CTO, Cycode. Andy Ellis Partner, YL Ventures. Eyal Gruner Founder & CEO, Cynet. Michael Fey Founder & CEO, Island. Jonathan Rosenbaum Managing Dir., Insight Partners.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s4 | Cycode Security and Trust center (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, CSA STAR Level 1, GDPR) “Cycode has completed a full third-party SOC 2 Type II audit. An independent auditor has evaluated our product, infrastructure, and policies to certify that Cycode complies with their stringent requirements.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s5 | Cycode press release unveiling the Agentic Development Security Platform (March 23, 2026) “SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 2026, Cycode today unveiled its Agentic Development Security Platform to secure the shift from human-centric to AI-driven software development, introducing Cycode Maestro orchestration.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s6 | CTech (Calcalist) on Cycode Series B, founders, and customer traction “Since it first began selling in 2020, the company has acquired dozens of customers, ranging from large Fortune 500 enterprises to rapidly growing startups, including Grubhub, Databricks, Copart and Rapyd. In just the first three quarters of 2021, Cycode increased ARR 7x.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s7 | AppSec Santa independent Cycode evaluation naming UBS, NielsenIQ, Cribl, and Elastic customers with OWASP Benchmark, Context Intelligence Graph, and pricing “Cycode's next-generation SAST achieves 94% fewer false positives compared to competitors on the OWASP Benchmark, with a 75% recall rate. The technology came from its acquisition of Bearer in April 2024.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s8 | IDC MarketScape Worldwide Application Security Posture Management 2025 Vendor Assessment (Katie Norton) naming Snyk, Checkmarx, and Wiz among covered vendors “This IDC study evaluates 18 vendors in the worldwide application security posture management (ASPM) market. While this affirms its place as a defined category, the diversity of capabilities, origins, and design philosophies has created significant complexity for buyers.” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s9 | DevOps.com on Cycode acquiring Bearer (AI SAST, API discovery, 31 percent faster scanning) “Bearer claims its approach to scanning is 31% faster than rival tools while simultaneously leveraging tools such as Bearer Assist, currently in beta, to provide more context concerning the level of risk to the business.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s10 | SecurityWeek on Cycode 56M Series B (total raised 81M) “The investment, which brings the total raised by Cycode to $81 million, was led by private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, with participation from YL Ventures.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s11 | National Vulnerability Database API search for Cycode (no matching CVE records) “"totalResults":0” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s12 | CTech (Calcalist) on Cycode founder backgrounds “Cycode was founded in 2019 by CEO Lior Levy, a former Solutions Architect at Symantec, and serial entrepreneur Ronen Slavin, who serves as the company's CTO.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
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