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Manifest sells a software and AI supply chain security platform that generates and manages bills of materials for software, AI models, and datasets and monitors them for vulnerability risk. The named, checkable customers are federal, while broader enterprise use stays vendor-claimed. Manifest announced Department of Homeland Security and Air Force contracts in 2023, and it reached FedRAMP High authorization in January 2025 through Palantir's FedStart program. Manifest says no other SBOM management platform holds that authorization, and it is the load-bearing attestation for workloads that require FedRAMP High. The founders are CISA, Defense Digital Service, and Palantir alumni. The bill-of-materials generation itself is reproducible by funded scanners.
| Description | Manifest is a software and AI supply chain security company whose platform generates and manages SBOMs and AI bills of materials to inventory components, models, and datasets and monitor them for risk. | [f1] |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | [f2] |
| HQ | Connecticut, USA | [f2] |
| Funding | $23M total | [f2] |
| Latest funding | Series A (April 2025) | [f2] |
| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Manifest Platform | Generates and manages SBOMs across the application fleet in SPDX, CycloneDX, and VEX formats, then continuously monitors components for vulnerabilities, license, and supplier risk. |
| Manifest AI Risk | AI bill-of-materials line that discovers and inventories AI models and datasets across the enterprise, tracks their provenance, and monitors them for vulnerabilities and license risk. |
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. |
Manifest AI Risk discovers and inventories AI models and dependencies with provenance, including shadow AI, continuously monitors them for vulnerabilities, and extends the bill of materials to datasets. These capabilities are mapped to the AI Defense Matrix. [f3]
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. |
The Manifest Platform generates and manages software bills of materials for applications across the fleet and continuously monitors their open-source and third-party components for vulnerabilities and license risk. These capabilities are mapped to the Cyber Defense Matrix. [f4]
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. | 3/5 |
| 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. | 3/5 |
| 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. | 2/3 |
| 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 | https://www.manifestcyber.com/ | official | 2026-06-25 |
| f2 | https://www.securityweek.com/manifest-raises-15-million-for-sbom-management-platform/ | press | 2026-06-25 |
| f3 | https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/catalog.json | official | 2026-06-25 |
| f4 | https://www.manifestcyber.com/platform | official | 2026-06-25 |
| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | Manifest Cyber homepage: SBOM and AI supply chain security “Manifest Cyber uncovers hidden software and AI supply chain risks across your entire product line, from source code to third-party components. Automate compliance, act on real threats, and save weeks of manual work.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s2 | Manifest Platform: Product Security, Supplier Risk, and AI Risk “The Manifest Platform addresses key challenges like software supply chain attacks, AI model risk, compliance gaps, and limited visibility by securing the entire software and AI lifecycle, from the code you build to the tools and models you buy.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s3 | Manifest AI Risk: AI supply chain risk assessments “Automate AI supply chain risk assessments across models, datasets, licenses, and dependencies.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s4 | AI Defense Matrix Catalog: Manifest AI Risk mapping “Discovers and inventories models and dependencies with provenance, including shadow AI, and continuously monitors them for vulnerabilities.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s5 | SecurityWeek: Manifest raises $15M Series A, total raised $23M “Manifest has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Ensemble VC ... that brings the total raised by the company to $23 million. Founded in 2022, the Connecticut-based cybersecurity startup.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s6 | Axios: Manifest lands DHS and Air Force contracts, raises $6M seed “Manifest Cyber, a one-year-old startup founded by former Pentagon and Palantir employees, unveiled two contracts on Thursday with the Department of Homeland Security and the Air Force, and closed a $6 million seed round.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s7 | Manifest achieves FedRAMP High Authorization through Palantir FedStart “Manifest ... achieved FedRAMP High authorization through Palantir Technologies' FedStart program. Manifest can deliver its industry-leading SBOM and AIBOM management platform to government customers in a FedRAMP-authorized environment.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s8 | About Manifest Cyber: founders and mission “Daniel Bardenstein, CEO and co-founder, served as the Chief of Tech Strategy at CISA and led cybersecurity programs at the Defense Digital Service. Founded by DOD, CISA, and Palantir alumni.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s9 | Security at Manifest Cyber: FedRAMP High, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR seals “Manifest is the only SBOM management platform with FedRAMP High Authorization. Manifest empowers federal agencies and defense partners to manage software supply chain risk with confidence.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s10 | SecurityWeek: Manifest claims Air Force, DHS, and Fortune 500 use “Manifest says its platform is already used by the US Air Force, DHS, various Fortune 500 companies, and enterprises in the automotive, defense, and financial services sectors.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | Manifest Cyber homepage: SBOM and AI supply chain security “Manifest Cyber uncovers hidden software and AI supply chain risks across your entire product line, from source code to third-party components. Manifest supports formats like SPDX, CycloneDX, and VEX, and go beyond repositories to analyze binaries, embedded code, and real-world deployments.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s2 | Manifest Platform: Product Security, Supplier Risk, and AI Risk “The Manifest Platform addresses key challenges like software supply chain attacks, AI model risk, compliance gaps, and limited visibility by securing the entire software and AI lifecycle, from the code you build to the tools and models you buy.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s3 | Manifest AI Risk: AI supply chain risk assessments “Automate AI supply chain risk assessments across models, datasets, licenses, and dependencies.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s4 | AI Defense Matrix Catalog: Manifest AI Risk mapping “Discovers and inventories models and dependencies with provenance, including shadow AI, and continuously monitors them for vulnerabilities. The AIBOM extends coverage to datasets, documenting their provenance alongside models for compliance.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s5 | SecurityWeek: Manifest raises $15M Series A, total raised $23M “Manifest has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Ensemble VC ... that brings the total raised by the company to $23 million. Founded in 2022, the Connecticut-based cybersecurity startup.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s6 | Axios: Manifest lands DHS and Air Force contracts, raises $6M seed “Manifest Cyber, a one-year-old startup founded by former Pentagon and Palantir employees, unveiled two contracts on Thursday with the Department of Homeland Security and the Air Force, and closed a $6 million seed round.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
| s7 | Manifest achieves FedRAMP High Authorization through Palantir FedStart (vendor release via PRNewswire) “WESTPORT, Conn., Jan. 7, 2025. Manifest ... achieved FedRAMP High authorization through Palantir Technologies' FedStart program ... Manifest has a proven history of success with various federal agencies, including at the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s8 | About Manifest Cyber: founders and mission “Daniel Bardenstein, CEO and co-founder, served as the Chief of Tech Strategy at CISA, and at the Defense Digital Service led cybersecurity programs across the Department of Defense. Before government, Daniel directed product teams at Exabeam and Palantir.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s9 | Security at Manifest Cyber: FedRAMP High, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR seals “Manifest is proud to protect customer data by upholding industry standards and maintaining rigorous compliance certifications. Manifest is the only SBOM management platform with FedRAMP High Authorization.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s10 | Manifest demo page: platform value points “Gain a live, prioritized view of vulnerable components in your software. Monitor and govern the use of generative AI models and data, enforcing responsible AI practices while reducing risk.” | official | 2026-06-25 |
| s11 | SecurityWeek: Manifest claims Air Force, DHS, and Fortune 500 use “Manifest says its platform is already used by the US Air Force, DHS, various Fortune 500 companies, and enterprises in the automotive, defense, and financial services sectors.” | press | 2026-06-25 |
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