# Cyber Company Profiles: Almanax

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## At a Glance

- Website: [almanax.ai](https://almanax.ai)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/almanax
- Type: Application Security, Developer Tools
- Status: acquired
- Also known as: Almanax Inc.
- Market readiness: Emerging (23/40)
- Defensibility: Exposed (12/21)
- Founded: 2024
- Funding: $1.5M total
- Last updated: 2026-07-23

## Executive Summary

Almanax's independent run ended in June 2026: the company announced on 2026-06-29 that depthfirst, an applied-AI security lab with $120 million raised, has acquired it, with no deal terms in the record. The homepage still offers the product, an AI scanner that reads connected repositories, reviews every pull request, and drafts threat models from code structure, and the record contains no independent evaluation of its detection quality. The named user roster is mostly crypto-native. Almanax's own farewell names blockchain companies including Solana, Stellar, Aptos, Privy, DFNS, and Algorand. Public sources do not establish what powers detection, and the product's standalone future under the new owner is undocumented.

## Contents

- [Executive Summary](#executive-summary)
- [Sourced Details](#sourced-details)
- [Matrix Coverage](#matrix-coverage)
- [Market Readiness](#market-readiness)
- [Strategy Deep Dive](#strategy-deep-dive)
- [Sources](#sources)
- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)

## Sourced Details

| Detail | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Description | AI application security product that connects to a GitHub repository, scans the codebase with LLMs to find vulnerabilities, and reviews pull requests to block risky code before it merges. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Acquisition | depthfirst, announced 2026-06-29 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2024 | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | New York, New York, USA | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Funding | $1.5M total | [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Additional $1M (January 2025), backed by Defy.vc | [\[f5\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Almanax | AI Security Engineer that scans a connected codebase for vulnerabilities, runs continuous code reviews on every pull request, and drafts committable patches for the issues it finds. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [Cyber Defense Matrix](https://cyberdefensematrix.com) [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources):

| Asset | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |

Almanax uses AI to find and remediate vulnerabilities in the customer's own software, a conventional application-security problem, and is mapped to the Cyber Defense Matrix.

## Market Readiness

How well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence.

**Emerging (23/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-23. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 |
| Capability Depth | 3/5 |
| Market Timing | 3/5 |
| Team Credibility | 3/5 |
| GTM Proof | 3/5 |
| Funding Efficiency | 3/5 |
| Category Clarity | 3/5 |
| Incumbent Defensibility | 2/5 |

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## Strategy Deep Dive

A closer look at the company's product strategy, measuring how [defensible](https://zeltser.com/scoring-security-product-strategy) it is against market forces and examining the [eight areas](https://zeltser.com/security-product-creation-framework) behind it.

### Defensibility

**Exposed (12/21)**

Band guidance: pivot urgently. Analyzed 2026-07-22. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Value Delivery | 1/3 |
| Switching Cost | 2/3 |
| Compliance Moat | 1/3 |
| Problem Complexity | 3/3 |
| Buyer Profile | 2/3 |
| Layer | 2/3 |
| Proprietary Data, Content, or IP | 1/3 |

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## Sources

### Company Detail Sources

Cited from the Sourced Details and Matrix Coverage rows.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | [Almanax homepage](https://almanax.ai/) | official | 2026-06-17 |
| f2 | [Almanax on X: acquisition announcement](https://x.com/AlmanaxAI/status/2071592103595942076) | official | 2026-07-22 |
| f3 | [Startup Intros: Almanax Quick Facts](https://startupintros.com/orgs/almanax) | research | 2026-06-17 |
| f4 | [Francesco Piccoli: personal site](https://www.francescopiccoli.com/) | official | 2026-06-17 |
| f5 | [Francesco Piccoli: Almanax $1M raise announcement](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/francesco-piccoli_today-we-announce-that-almanax-raised-an-activity-7287816924116234240-kIzp) | press | 2026-06-17 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Almanax homepage: The AI Security Engineer](https://almanax.ai/) “An AI-native application security product that understands code, business logic, and infrastructure like a human security expert.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s2 | [Almanax homepage product steps and offering](https://almanax.ai/) “Review every pull request and block risky code before it merges to main” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s3 | [Almanax Docs overview](https://docs.almanax.ai/) “Performs reachability analysis on third-party alerts and triages their validity, so you focus only on actionable security issues.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s4 | [Almanax blog: Introducing Almanax, NVIDIA startup program selection](https://almanax.ai/blog/introducing-almanax) “Almanax, a Web3 Security company using AI to prevent hacks on the blockchain, which contributed to $9B stolen in the past 3 years ... has been selected by NVIDIA to participate in its [program] that nurtures startups.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s5 | [Almanax blog: founder backgrounds (Maxwell Watson, AnChain.AI)](https://almanax.ai/blog/introducing-almanax) “Francesco was the former Head of Product at AnChain.AI ... Maxwell, a former Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase, led the company's blockchain infrastructure projects. Prior to that, he built Capsule8's runtime security products which led to its acquisition by cybersecurity giant Sophos.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s6 | [Almanax Trust Center (Vanta), SOC 2 Type II, penetration test, customers](https://trust.almanax.ai/) “SOC 2 Type II ... Penetration test ... It supports hundreds of languages and is used by teams like Privy, Stellar, Solana Foundation, and Aptos Labs.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s7 | [Defy.vc portfolio: Almanax co-founders Francesco Piccoli and Maxwell Watson](https://defy.vc/company/almanax/) “co-founders Francesco Piccoli Maxwell Watson ... Francesco and Maxwell bring years of blockchain and security experience.” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s8 | [Francesco Piccoli: personal site](https://www.francescopiccoli.com/) “Almanax raised $1.5 million to develop an AI Security Engineer that detects and patches software vulnerabilities like a senior security engineer would.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s9 | [Startup Intros: Almanax funding and quick facts](https://startupintros.com/orgs/almanax) “Founded 2024 ... HQ New York City, NY, USA ... The organization was founded by chief executive officer Francesco Piccoli, who previously worked at Coinbase and Ripple.” | research | 2026-07-22 |
| s10 | [The AI Insider: Almanax Secures $1M to Advance AI-Driven Web3 Security Solutions](https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/01/27/almanax-secures-1m-to-advance-ai-driven-web3-security-solutions/) “New York-based AI Web3 security firm Almanax has raised $1 million in funding from investors including Blockchain Builders Fund, Exor Ventures, Vento Ventures, Italian Angels for Growth, Eden Ventures, Moonbase, and a group of angel investors.” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s11 | [Startupbusiness: Almanax, New York Web3 security startup selected by NVIDIA Inception](https://www.startupbusiness.it/en/almanax-the-web-security-startup3/129659/) “the startup has also been selected by Nvidia to participate in its Inception Program, a program that supports startups that revolutionize industries with significant technological advances.” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s12 | [FinSMEs: Almanax Receives Pre-Seed Funding From defy.vc](https://www.finsmes.com/2024/06/almanax-receives-pre-seed-funding-from-defy-vc.html) “Almanax, a Web3 Security company, raised an undisclosed amount in Pre-Seed funding. defy.vc made the investment.” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s13 | [Almanax blog: joining depthfirst](https://www.almanax.ai/blog/almanax-is-joining-depthfirst) “We ended up working with some of the largest blockchain companies: Solana, Stellar, Aptos, Privy and Bridge (now part of Stripe), DFNS, Algorand.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s14 | [Almanax on X: acquisition announcement](https://x.com/AlmanaxAI/status/2071592103595942076) “Almanax has been acquired by @depthfirstlabs!” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s15 | [Almanax homepage: threat modeling and STRIDE-based threat classification (SPA bundle /assets/index-DuVhoBDW.js, served-bytes sha 2c1eaa771df80568)](https://almanax.ai/) “Almanax maps your system architecture, identifies trust boundaries, and generates threat models automatically” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s16 | [SecurityWeek: Depthfirst Raises $80 Million in Series B Funding](https://www.securityweek.com/depthfirst-raises-80-million-in-series-b-funding/) “Software security startup Depthfirst has raised $80 million in Series B funding, bringing the total raised to $120 million in less than three months after closing its Series A funding round” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s17 | [Almanax homepage: scan volume claim](https://almanax.ai/) “Over 100M lines of code scanned” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s18 | [Almanax homepage: security-teams claim](https://almanax.ai/) “Join hundreds of security teams already using Almanax to protect their applications” | official | 2026-07-22 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Almanax homepage: The AI Security Engineer](https://almanax.ai/) “An AI-native application security product that understands code, business logic, and infrastructure like a human security expert.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s2 | [Almanax homepage offering and enterprise features](https://almanax.ai/) “No AI training on your data ... Deployment on your infrastructure ... Your code is analyzed in a sandbox environment, then deleted” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s3 | [Almanax Docs overview](https://docs.almanax.ai/) “State-of-the-art LLMs with comprehensive context understanding detect complex security vulnerabilities that traditional tools miss ... Committable patch suggestions and PR drafts are automatically generated for detected vulnerabilities, accelerating remediation.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s4 | [Almanax blog: Web3 security origin and audit pain](https://almanax.ai/blog/introducing-almanax) “Traditional security can be prohibitively expensive, often costing between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars, making security out of reach for many projects.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s5 | [Almanax Trust Center (Vanta): SOC 2 Type II, penetration test, customers, subprocessors](https://trust.almanax.ai/) “Almanax ... detects, triages, and patches code vulnerabilities using LLM agents embedded directly into CI/CD pipelines ... SOC 2 Type II ... Penetration test ... used by teams like Privy, Stellar, Solana Foundation, and Aptos Labs ... Subprocessors: Anthropic, Pinecone, Amazon Web Services, Auth0.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s6 | [Almanax homepage onboarding and trial](https://almanax.ai/) “Connect Your GitHub Repo ... No credit card required. 7-day free trial.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s7 | [Almanax homepage ecosystem specialization](https://almanax.ai/) “Ecosystem-specialized models (EVM, Solana, Stellar, Aptos, and more)” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s8 | [Francesco Piccoli: personal site, funding and product framing](https://www.francescopiccoli.com/) “Almanax raised $1.5 million to develop an AI Security Engineer that detects and patches software vulnerabilities like a senior security engineer would.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s9 | [Defy.vc portfolio: Almanax co-founders Francesco Piccoli and Maxwell Watson](https://defy.vc/company/almanax/) “co-founders Francesco Piccoli Maxwell Watson ... Francesco and Maxwell bring years of blockchain and security experience.” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s10 | [Startup Intros: Almanax founders and stage](https://startupintros.com/orgs/almanax) “The organization was founded by chief executive officer Francesco Piccoli, who previously worked at Coinbase and Ripple, alongside chief technology officer ... Employees 51-200.” | research | 2026-07-22 |
| s11 | [Almanax blog: founder backgrounds (AnChain.AI, Capsule8, Sophos)](https://almanax.ai/blog/introducing-almanax) “Francesco was the former Head of Product at AnChain.AI ... Maxwell, a former Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase ... he built Capsule8's runtime security products which led to its acquisition by cybersecurity giant Sophos.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s12 | [The AI Insider: Almanax Secures $1M to Advance AI-Driven Web3 Security Solutions](https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/01/27/almanax-secures-1m-to-advance-ai-driven-web3-security-solutions/) “Its flagship platform, ALMX-1, enables engineers to detect vulnerabilities in smart contracts under real-world conditions. The company is also working on ALMX-2, a next-generation model designed to enhance support for multiple programming languages.” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s13 | [Startupbusiness: Almanax, the New York Web3 security startup](https://www.startupbusiness.it/en/almanax-the-web-security-startup3/129659/) “Almanax is the New York-based startup specializing in security solutions for the Web3 that uses artificial intelligence to prevent hacks on the blockchain.” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s14 | [citybiz: Almanax Raises $1M Funding](https://www.citybiz.co/article/652404/almanax-raises-1m-funding/) “The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the expansion of its team and the continued development of the Web3 Security Atlas, an open-source initiative launched in collaboration with TRM Labs, AnChain.AI, Hypernative, and supported by the Stellar Development Foundation.” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s15 | [Almanax blog: Almanax is joining depthfirst (2026-06-25, JS-bundle payload sha 930062d704ded3cf, banner on every page)](https://www.almanax.ai/blog/almanax-is-joining-depthfirst) “We ended up working with some of the largest blockchain companies: Solana, Stellar, Aptos, Privy and Bridge (now part of Stripe), DFNS, Algorand.” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s16 | [Almanax on X: acquisition announcement](https://x.com/AlmanaxAI/status/2071592103595942076) “Almanax has been acquired by @depthfirstlabs!” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s17 | [Almanax blog: disclosures and competitions](https://www.almanax.ai/blog/almanax-is-joining-depthfirst) “ethically disclosed hundreds of vulnerabilities (to Ripple, Coinbase, Fireblocks), and won security competitions against thousands of researchers” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s18 | [Almanax homepage: threat modeling and STRIDE-based threat classification (SPA bundle /assets/index-DuVhoBDW.js, served-bytes sha 2c1eaa771df80568)](https://almanax.ai/) “Almanax maps your system architecture, identifies trust boundaries, and generates threat models automatically” | official | 2026-07-22 |
| s19 | [SecurityWeek: Depthfirst Raises $80 Million in Series B Funding](https://www.securityweek.com/depthfirst-raises-80-million-in-series-b-funding/) “Software security startup Depthfirst has raised $80 million in Series B funding, bringing the total raised to $120 million in less than three months after closing its Series A funding round” | press | 2026-07-22 |
| s20 | [Almanax homepage: STRIDE classification (SPA bundle /assets/index-DuVhoBDW.js, served-bytes sha 2c1eaa771df80568)](https://almanax.ai/) “STRIDE-based threat classification” | official | 2026-07-22 |

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