# Cyber Company Profiles: DryRun Security

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Exported 2026-07-29
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## At a Glance

- Website: [dryrun.security](https://www.dryrun.security)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/dryrun-security
- Type: Application Security, Developer Tools
- Market readiness: Emerging (24/40)
- Defensibility: Exposed (12/21)
- Founded: 2023
- Last updated: 2026-07-15

## Executive Summary

DryRun Security reviews each pull request with AI, modeling how an application works to prioritize the changes it judges exploitable rather than relying only on pattern matching. That code-context review is something Snyk, Semgrep, and GitHub could add to tools developers already use, so DryRun's edge is its founding team and an early lead. James Wickett was an early Signal Sciences engineer and Ken Johnson a former GitHub product-security director. DryRun reports more than 350,000 code reviews a month and publishes attributed customer testimonials, including Tines, though revenue and customer count remain undisclosed. It suits application-security teams weary of scanner noise.

## 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 | Application security company whose Contextual Security Analysis engine uses AI to review code changes in pull requests, validate exploitability, and surface risks that pattern-based scanners miss. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2023 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | Austin, Texas, United States | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Seed ($8.7M, Jan 2025, led by LiveOak Ventures and Work-Bench, with Cannage Capital) | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Contextual Security Analysis | AI engine that builds a knowledge graph of a codebase (architecture, routes, auth, data flow) and reasons about the exploitability of each change. |
| Pull Request Code Reviews | Reviews each pull request in the developer workflow, flags exploitable risk, and guides developers and their AI coding agents to a fix. |
| Natural Language Code Policies | Lets AppSec teams define and enforce security policies in plain language instead of writing and maintaining scripted rules. |
| SAST DeepScan | Full-repository static analysis that scans an entire codebase beyond the per-change pull request review. |

## Matrix Coverage

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

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

DryRun Security maps a codebase's architecture, routes, auth, and data flow, enforces code-change policies in the pull request, and detects exploitable risk that pattern-based scanners miss, using AI as the method. These capabilities are 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 (24/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-05. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 |
| Capability Depth | 3/5 |
| Market Timing | 3/5 |
| Team Credibility | 4/5 |
| 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 2026-07-15. 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 | [DryRun Security homepage: how it works](https://www.dryrun.security/) | official | 2026-07-03 |
| f2 | [SecurityWeek: DryRun launched and emerged from stealth in 2023](https://www.securityweek.com/application-security-firm-dryrun-raises-8-7-million-in-seed-funding/) | press | 2026-07-03 |
| f3 | [FinSMEs: Austin, TX-based DryRun Security](https://www.finsmes.com/2025/01/dryrun-security-raises-8-7m-in-seed-funding.html) | press | 2026-07-03 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [DryRun homepage: how it works, 350,000+ monthly reviews, SOC 2 footer badge, patents, Tines and Commerce testimonials, Snyk and Semgrep comparisons](https://www.dryrun.security/) “DryRun learns how your application works, finds the code paths that matter, validates exploitability, and guides developers and their AI coding agents to the right fix.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s2 | [SecurityWeek: DryRun raises $8.7 million seed, launched from stealth in 2023, Contextual Security Analysis and Natural Language Code Policies](https://www.securityweek.com/application-security-firm-dryrun-raises-8-7-million-in-seed-funding/) “The company raised seed funding from LiveOak Ventures, Work-Bench and Cannage Capital. The investment will be used to grow its engineering team and for go-to-market initiatives.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s3 | [SecurityBrief UK: DryRun reports 250,000+ monthly code reviews after first year out of stealth](https://securitybrief.co.uk/story/dryrun-raises-usd-8-7m-to-secure-ai-driven-coding) “The Austin-based company said it has completed its first year out of stealth. It reported more than 250,000 code reviews run each month by customers.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s4 | [DryRun Security newsroom: Black Hat Startup Spotlight 2024 finalist](https://www.dryrun.security/newsroom) “We were thrilled to be counted among the four finalists in the BlackHat Startup Spotlight 2024 competition, one of the most prestigious security competitions in the world.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s5 | [Work-Bench: why it invested in DryRun Security (co-founders James Wickett and Ken Johnson backgrounds)](https://www.work-bench.com/post/announcing-our-investment-in-dryrun-security) “an early engineer at Signal Sciences, where he built out the initial product infrastructure before moving into developer advocacy as Head of Research. Ken's experience as Director of Product Security Engineering at GitHub gives him unique insight into securing code at massive scale.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s6 | [FinSMEs: Austin-based DryRun Security raises $8.7M seed](https://www.finsmes.com/2025/01/dryrun-security-raises-8-7m-in-seed-funding.html) “DryRun Security, an Austin, TX-based AI-native company delivering application security (AppSec) for development and security teams, raised $8.7M in Seed funding.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s7 | [DryRun Security blog: welcoming Andrew Peterson to the board (by CEO James Wickett)](https://www.dryrun.security/blog/welcoming-andrew-peterson-to-the-dryrun-security-board) “DryRun Security welcomes Andrew Peterson to its board, bringing proven category-defining leadership and a culture of meaningful progress to help guide the company through the AI-driven transformation of application security.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s8 | [DryRun trust-surface probe (footer badge file 21972-312_SOC_NonCPA png; trust./security. subdomains no DNS; /security and /trust 404), 2026-07-03](https://www.dryrun.security/) “DryRun Security \| Meet Your AI-Native SAST AppSec Agents” | official | 2026-07-03 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [DryRun homepage: how it works, 350,000+ monthly reviews, patents, Tines and Commerce testimonials](https://www.dryrun.security/) “DryRun learns how your application works, finds the code paths that matter, validates exploitability, and guides developers and their AI coding agents to the right fix.” | official | 2026-07-15 |
| s2 | [SecurityWeek: DryRun raises $8.7 million seed, launched from stealth in 2023, Contextual Security Analysis and Natural Language Code Policies](https://www.securityweek.com/application-security-firm-dryrun-raises-8-7-million-in-seed-funding/) “The company raised seed funding from LiveOak Ventures, Work-Bench and Cannage Capital. The investment will be used to grow its engineering team and for go-to-market initiatives.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s3 | [SecurityBrief UK: DryRun reports 250,000+ monthly code reviews after first year out of stealth](https://securitybrief.co.uk/story/dryrun-raises-usd-8-7m-to-secure-ai-driven-coding) “The Austin-based company said it has completed its first year out of stealth. It reported more than 250,000 code reviews run each month by customers.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s4 | [DryRun Security newsroom: Black Hat Startup Spotlight 2024 finalist](https://www.dryrun.security/newsroom) “We were thrilled to be counted among the four finalists in the BlackHat Startup Spotlight 2024 competition, one of the most prestigious security competitions in the world.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s5 | [Work-Bench: why it invested in DryRun Security (co-founders James Wickett and Ken Johnson backgrounds)](https://www.work-bench.com/post/announcing-our-investment-in-dryrun-security) “an early engineer at Signal Sciences, where he built out the initial product infrastructure before moving into developer advocacy as Head of Research. Ken's experience as Director of Product Security Engineering at GitHub gives him unique insight into securing code at massive scale.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s6 | [FinSMEs: Austin-based DryRun Security raises $8.7M seed](https://www.finsmes.com/2025/01/dryrun-security-raises-8-7m-in-seed-funding.html) “DryRun Security, an Austin, TX-based AI-native company delivering application security (AppSec) for development and security teams, raised $8.7M in Seed funding.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s7 | [DryRun Security blog: welcoming Andrew Peterson to the board (by CEO James Wickett)](https://www.dryrun.security/blog/welcoming-andrew-peterson-to-the-dryrun-security-board) “DryRun Security welcomes Andrew Peterson to its board, bringing proven category-defining leadership and a culture of meaningful progress to help guide the company through the AI-driven transformation of application security.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s8 | [DryRun FAQ probe: redesigned site shows no vendor SOC 2 badge or trust page, compliance framed as SDLC-control artifacts for customer programs](https://www.dryrun.security/faqs) “DryRun is delivered as SaaS with strict data handling. It supports SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, and HIPAA by generating artifacts of SDLC controls.” | official | 2026-07-15 |

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