# Cyber Company Profiles: Iru

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## At a Glance

- Website: [iru.com](https://www.iru.com/)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/iru
- Type: Endpoint Security, Detection Response, Identity Access, Governance Risk Compliance
- Also known as: Kandji, Kandji, Inc.
- Market readiness: Established (27/40)
- Defensibility: Exposed (12/21)
- Founded: 2019
- Funding: $288M total
- Last updated: 2026-07-14

This analysis draws mostly on the vendor's own published materials, with limited outside corroboration.

## Executive Summary

Over 80% of the customers who use Kandji for Apple device management use something else, such as Intune, for Windows and Android, Computerworld reported when Kandji rebranded to Iru in October 2025. Iru's pitch to its 6,000-plus customer companies is to buy management, detection and response, vulnerability management, identity, and compliance from one vendor. The company reports weekly requests for Windows support, documenting demand for the expansion. The documented incumbent overlap is in device management, not yet in detection, identity, or compliance. The identity and compliance pages name no customers in the cited record. Iru suits a team consolidating a mostly Apple fleet onto one agent and is a harder sell where an incumbent covers the added category.

## 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 | Iru is an IT and security platform, rebranded from the Apple device-management vendor Kandji in October 2025, that unifies workforce identity, cross-platform endpoint management, EDR, vulnerability management, and compliance automation across Mac, Windows, and Android. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2019 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | Miami, Florida, United States | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Funding | $288M total | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | $100M from General Catalyst (July 2024, half equity and half debt, $850M valuation) | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Workforce Identity | Passwordless single sign-on with hardware-backed passkeys and context-aware, device-bound access to every application. |
| Endpoint Management | Onboarding, updating, and policy control across Apple, Windows, and Android through a single lightweight, self-updating endpoint agent. |
| Endpoint Detection & Response | Machine-learning-enhanced detection with autonomous containment and remediation to detect and contain attacks across Mac and Windows. |
| Vulnerability Management | Visibility into software risk across Mac and Windows with autonomous patching of vulnerable applications, prioritized by Iru AI. |
| Compliance Automation | AI-native compliance that tailors controls, breaks them into tasks, and maps evidence automatically to keep teams continuously audit-ready. |
| Trust Center | A public portal to share certifications, reports, and real-time security posture, with security questionnaires answered by Iru AI. |

## Matrix Coverage

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

| Asset | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devices | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| Users | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |

Endpoint Management, EDR, and Vulnerability Management inventory, harden, detect on, and autonomously remediate Mac and Windows devices, and Workforce Identity governs passwordless access for users. Iru applies AI inside conventional IT and security controls, so it maps to the Cyber Defense Matrix.

## Market Readiness

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

**Established (27/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-14. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 |
| Capability Depth | 4/5 |
| Market Timing | 4/5 |
| Team Credibility | 3/5 |
| GTM Proof | 4/5 |
| Funding Efficiency | 3/5 |
| Category Clarity | 3/5 |
| Incumbent Defensibility | 3/5 |

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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 2026-07-12. 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 | [Iru: Introducing Iru, collapse your IT stack](https://www.iru.com/newsroom/kandji-now-iru) | official | 2026-06-21 |
| f2 | [TechCrunch: Kandji raises another $100M for Apple device management as valuation rises to $850M](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/17/kandji-raises-another-100m-for-apple-device-management-as-valuation-rises-to-850m/) | press | 2026-06-21 |
| f3 | [GlobeNewswire: Kandji Is Now Iru, the IT & Security Platform Built for the AI Era](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/10/22/3171148/0/en/kandji-is-now-iru-the-it-security-platform-built-for-the-ai-era.html) | press | 2026-06-21 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Iru homepage](https://www.iru.com/) “Trusted by teams at 6,000+ companies, deploying endpoint management, detection & response, and vulnerability management in a single agent across Apple, Windows, and Android. Logos include Airbus, Plaid, Vercel. Homepage stats footnote a Miercom competitive assessment of macOS EDR solutions 2025.” | official | 2026-06-30 |
| s2 | [Iru: Introducing Iru, collapse your IT stack](https://www.iru.com/newsroom/kandji-now-iru) “Evolved from Kandji, the leading Apple endpoint platform, Iru is an entirely new approach. The Iru platform consists of six integrated products. Recent research indicates that nearly half of teams cite overlapping tools as a top challenge.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s3 | [Computerworld: Kandji becomes Iru, opens MDM for Windows and Android (October 22, 2025)](https://www.computerworld.com/article/4077093/kandji-becomes-iru-opens-mdm-for-windows-and-android.html) “over 80% of the customers who use Kandji for Apple device management security use something else, such as InTune, to manage their Windows or Android devices. While a year or two ago, perhaps 20 to 30% of their workforce used Macs, now it's 50 to 60%.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s4 | [TechCrunch: Kandji raises another $100M as valuation rises to $850M](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/17/kandji-raises-another-100m-for-apple-device-management-as-valuation-rises-to-850m/) “raising over $188 million along the way. Today it added to that total with another $100 million from General Catalyst, half of which is additional equity and half is a debt instrument ... raised its valuation from its last round in 2021 from $800 million to $850 million” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s5 | [Iru: Endpoint Detection & Response for Modern Teams](https://www.iru.com/products/endpoint/endpoint-detection-response) “Prevent, detect, and contain attacks in real time through a single, low-overhead agent across Mac and Windows. Top performer in independent tests, ranked for macOS malware detection. Iru let us keep the same IT headcount versus SentinelOne. Topher Ohlin, IT Operations Manager at Planning Center.” | official | 2026-06-30 |
| s6 | [Iru Trust Center](https://trust.iru.com/) “Compliance & certifications: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 42001:2023, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, AWS Qualified Software.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s7 | [GlobeNewswire: Kandji Is Now Iru (company-issued release)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/10/22/3171148/0/en/kandji-is-now-iru-the-it-security-platform-built-for-the-ai-era.html) “Kandji is now Iru, the AI-powered IT & security platform used by the world's fastest-growing companies. The Iru platform consists of six integrated products. Adam Pettit, CEO of Iru.” | official | 2026-06-21 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Iru homepage](https://www.iru.com/) “Trusted by teams at 6,000+ companies, deploying endpoint management, detection & response, and vulnerability management in a single agent across Apple, Windows, and Android. Logos include Airbus, Plaid, Vercel. Homepage stats footnote a Miercom competitive assessment of macOS EDR solutions 2025.” | official | 2026-06-30 |
| s2 | [Iru: Introducing Iru, collapse your IT stack](https://www.iru.com/newsroom/kandji-now-iru) “Evolved from Kandji, the leading Apple endpoint platform, Iru is an entirely new approach. At its core is the Iru Context Model, a unified context layer across users, apps, devices, posture, policy, and events. The Iru platform consists of six integrated products, said Adam Pettit, CEO of Iru.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s3 | [Computerworld: Kandji becomes Iru, opens MDM for Windows and Android (October 22, 2025)](https://www.computerworld.com/article/4077093/kandji-becomes-iru-opens-mdm-for-windows-and-android.html) “over 80% of the customers who use Kandji for Apple device management security use something else, such as InTune, to manage their Windows or Android devices. Dozens of customers every week who like our management tools for Apple have been asking for Windows support.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s4 | [TechCrunch: Kandji raises another $100M as valuation rises to $850M](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/17/kandji-raises-another-100m-for-apple-device-management-as-valuation-rises-to-850m/) “Founded in 2019, it has raced through its funding rounds like a precocious child, raising over $188 million along the way. Today it added to that total with another $100 million from General Catalyst, half of which is additional equity and half is a debt instrument.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s5 | [Iru: Endpoint Detection & Response for Modern Teams](https://www.iru.com/products/endpoint/endpoint-detection-response) “Prevent, detect, and contain attacks in real time through a single, low-overhead agent across Mac and Windows. Top performer in independent tests, ranked for macOS malware detection. Iru let us keep the same IT headcount versus SentinelOne. Topher Ohlin, IT Operations Manager at Planning Center.” | official | 2026-06-30 |
| s6 | [Iru: Adaptive Compliance Automation](https://www.iru.com/products/compliance) “See rigid frameworks turn into tailored controls with clear tasks ready to execute against. Iru AI collects, validates, and maps evidence, keeping teams continuously audit-ready.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s7 | [Iru Trust Center](https://trust.iru.com/) “Compliance & certifications: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 42001:2023, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, AWS Qualified Software. Featured documents include a SOC 2 Type 2 report and a penetration-test report.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s8 | [Iru: Passwordless Workforce Identity & Access](https://www.iru.com/products/identity) “Iru AI is the horizontal layer that spans endpoint, identity, and compliance. It runs on the Iru Context Model to surface insights, orchestrate actions, and maintain audit-ready evidence in a single interface.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s9 | [Iru: Automated Endpoint Management for Mac & Windows](https://www.iru.com/products/endpoint/endpoint-management) “Manage Mac and Windows devices with a low-overhead agent that installs at enrollment and updates itself automatically, accelerating rollout and reducing maintenance.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s10 | [Iru: Introducing Iru MCP](https://www.iru.com/blog/iru-mcp) “Every irreversible action stops and waits for you. Your Iru permissions carry through to every prompt, with the full granularity of Iru's role model. Every API endpoint is scoped individually on the MCP key.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s11 | [SEC EDGAR: Kandji, Inc. Form D notice of exempt offering (filed 2021-11-24)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758863/000175886321000002/xslFormDX08/primary_doc.xml) “Total Amount Sold $ 100538393 USD” | regulatory | 2026-06-30 |
| s12 | [9to5Mac: Kandji becomes Iru, unifying identity, security, and management for the AI era](https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/22/kandji-becomes-iru-unifying-identity-security-and-management-for-the-ai-era/) “Iru moves beyond just having Apple management focus and into a broader IT vision that unifies identity, endpoint security, and compliance automation into one platform.” | press | 2026-06-30 |
| s13 | [NVD: CVE-2026-39118 privilege escalation in Iru (Kandji) Agent before 4.7.5](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39118) “An issue in Iru, Inc Kandji Agent before v.4.7.5(5374) allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via a client validation gap to invoke restricted agent functionality.” | other | 2026-06-30 |

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