# Cyber Company Profiles: Onyx Security

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## At a Glance

- Website: [onyx.security](https://onyx.security)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/onyx-security
- Type: Security for AI
- Market readiness: Emerging (24/40)
- Defensibility: Exposed (12/21)
- Founded: 2024
- Funding: $40M total
- Last updated: 2026-07-11

## Executive Summary

Onyx Security can show a buyer almost everything, and the proof points a procurement team asks for first now sit beside the rest. Its mechanism is described, a Guardian Agent that supervises every other AI agent and can block or redirect an action before it reaches a downstream system. Its founders are named and pedigreed, a CEO out of Unit 8200 and an AI researcher who reported to the CTO of Nvidia. Its money is documented, 40 million dollars from Conviction and Cyberstarts. The homepage now carries two named CISO testimonials, Eli Edelkind beside the CAVA logo and Kyle Weckman, alongside unnamed Fortune 500 use. Those references are vendor-displayed, not spoken on the record in independent reporting, so the next signal is an enterprise confirming its deployment outside Onyx's own page.

## 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 | Onyx: Control plane that discovers sanctioned and shadow AI agents, monitors prompts and agent actions in real time, and enforces security and governance policies across enterprise AI use. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2024 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | Tel Aviv, Israel and New York, USA | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Funding | $40M total | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Series A, $35M (March 2026) | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Deployment | Hybrid, SaaS, Self-hosted | [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Onyx | Onyx: Control plane that discovers sanctioned and shadow AI agents, monitors prompts and agent actions in real time, and enforces security and governance policies across enterprise AI use. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [AI Defense Matrix](https://aidefensematrix.com) [\[f5\]](#company-detail-sources):

| Asset | Govern | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Model |  | ✓ |  |  |  |  |
| AI Orchestration Tools |  | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| Runtime AI Data |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |

Onyx is a control plane that discovers sanctioned and shadow AI agents, monitors prompts and agent actions in real time, and enforces security policies across enterprise AI use. It is mapped to the AI 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 2026-07-09. 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 | 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 2026-07-11. 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 | [Onyx Security homepage](https://onyx.security/) | official | 2026-06-10 |
| f2 | [CTech on the Onyx Security $35M Series A (March 12, 2026)](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjmra11x911g) | press | 2026-06-14 |
| f3 | [SecurityWeek on the Onyx Security launch](https://www.securityweek.com/onyx-security-launches-with-40-million-in-funding/) | press | 2026-06-14 |
| f4 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog entry](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/onyx/) | other | 2026-06-10 |
| f5 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog mapping](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/onyx/) | other | 2026-06-23 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Onyx Security homepage](https://onyx.security/) | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s2 | [Onyx Security launch announcement by CEO Maxim Bar Kogan](https://onyx.security/blog/introducing-onyx-security-the-secure-ai-control-plane-for-enterprises) “The Onyx Guardian Agent is at the heart of the platform. It oversees all other AI agents in the customer's environment, and can block unsafe actions, require human approval, narrow an agent's scope, or redirect it toward a safer path, all before anything reaches a downstream system.” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s3 | [CTech on the Onyx Security $35M Series A (March 12, 2026)](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjmra11x911g) “has raised $35 million in a Series A funding round led by Conviction, an AI-native venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Sarah Guo, a former General Partner at Greylock. The company's total funding now stands at $40 million, including a $5 million Seed round from Cyberstarts in 2024” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s4 | [SecurityWeek on the Onyx Security launch and product](https://www.securityweek.com/onyx-security-launches-with-40-million-in-funding/) “The solution was designed to continuously discover AI agents across cloud, endpoints, code, and SaaS deployments, to monitor them, and to approve or correct their actions, enforcing the enterprise's security and governance policies.” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s5 | [SiliconANGLE on Bold Security and Onyx Security each raising $40M](https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/12/bold-security-onyx-security-raise-40m-tackle-emerging-ai-cybersecurity-risks/) “Bold Security Ltd. and Onyx Security Inc. each revealed $40 million in funding as organizations deploy AI across their infrastructure and, in doing so, create new attack surfaces and operational risks that traditional security tools struggle to address.” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s6 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog entry for Onyx](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/onyx/) “Control plane that discovers sanctioned and shadow AI agents, monitors prompts and agent actions in real time, and enforces security policies across enterprise AI use.” | other | 2026-06-14 |
| s7 | [CTech on the Onyx Security founders' backgrounds](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjmra11x911g) “Bar Kogan is a cyber security leader and experienced technology executive who served in Unit 8200 of the IDF. Elbaz is a veteran AI researcher, previously reporting to the CTO of Nvidia, and a former member of one of the IDF's AI research units.” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s8 | [Onyx Security launch announcement on stealth exit and traction](https://onyx.security/blog/introducing-onyx-security-the-secure-ai-control-plane-for-enterprises) “After a year and a half of quietly building, today we're stepping out of stealth with $40 million in funding from Conviction Partners and Cyberstarts, a team of 70, and an AI control plane that's already being used by Fortune 500 companies to govern their AI agents.” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s9 | [Onyx Security Trust Center (SafeBase) listing SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022](https://trust.onyx.security/) “Welcome to Onyx's Trust Center. ... Compliance, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, HIPAA. Reports, SOC 2 Report, ISO 27001: 2022, HIPAA Report, Pentest Report.” | official | 2026-06-16 |
| s10 | [Onyx Security homepage CISO testimonial from Eli Edelkind, shown beside the CAVA logo](https://onyx.security/) “Onyx provides the visibility, governance, enforcement, and auditability we need to effectively manage AI risk across copilots and other tools, while still empowering teams to move fast.” | official | 2026-06-18 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Onyx Security homepage (The Secure AI Control Plane)](https://onyx.security/) “Onyx is the secure control plane for AI agents and models. With the right structure, you're free to build without limits.” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s2 | [Onyx Security launch announcement by CEO Maxim Bar Kogan](https://onyx.security/blog/introducing-onyx-security-the-secure-ai-control-plane-for-enterprises) “The Onyx Guardian Agent is at the heart of the platform. It oversees all other AI agents in the customer's environment, and can block unsafe actions, require human approval, narrow an agent's scope, or redirect it toward a safer path, all before anything reaches a downstream system.” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s3 | [CTech on the Onyx Security $35M Series A (March 12, 2026)](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjmra11x911g) “has raised $35 million in a Series A funding round led by Conviction, an AI-native venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Sarah Guo, a former General Partner at Greylock. The company's total funding now stands at $40 million, including a $5 million Seed round from Cyberstarts in 2024.” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s4 | [SecurityWeek on the Onyx Security launch and product](https://www.securityweek.com/onyx-security-launches-with-40-million-in-funding/) “Onyx uses supervisory agents and proprietary AI models to understand AI reasoning and react in real time, providing organizations with visibility, control, optimization capabilities, and means to measure AI agent adoption.” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s5 | [SiliconANGLE on Bold Security and Onyx Security each raising $40M](https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/12/bold-security-onyx-security-raise-40m-tackle-emerging-ai-cybersecurity-risks/) “Bold Security Ltd. and Onyx Security Inc. each revealed $40 million in funding as organizations deploy AI across their infrastructure and, in doing so, create new attack surfaces and operational risks that traditional security tools struggle to address.” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s6 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog Onyx entry (coverage rows)](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/onyx/) “Integrates with browser, AI platforms, CNAPP, SASE, and EDR discovery sources so nothing is invisible. Protect your AI systems and the data they touch from prompt injection, jailbreaks, data exfiltration, and adversarial manipulation in real time, without disrupting workflows.” | other | 2026-06-14 |
| s7 | [Onyx Security launch announcement on what the company built and ships](https://onyx.security/blog/introducing-onyx-security-the-secure-ai-control-plane-for-enterprises) “Onyx provides a single, unified enforcement layer that continuously discovers every AI asset across the enterprise, agents, models, AI-powered applications, MCP-connected tool ecosystems, and turns governance policies into enforceable controls that operate at runtime.” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s8 | [Onyx Security launch announcement on the stealth exit and traction](https://onyx.security/blog/introducing-onyx-security-the-secure-ai-control-plane-for-enterprises) “After a year and a half of quietly building, today we're stepping out of stealth with $40 million in funding from Conviction Partners and Cyberstarts, a team of 70, and an AI control plane that's already being used by Fortune 500 companies to govern their AI agents.” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s9 | [SecurityWeek on Onyx discovery coverage and base of operations](https://www.securityweek.com/onyx-security-launches-with-40-million-in-funding/) “The solution was designed to continuously discover AI agents across cloud, endpoints, code, and SaaS deployments, to monitor them, and to approve or correct their actions. Based in Tel Aviv and New York, Onyx has over 70 employees in Israel, the US, and Canada.” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s10 | [CTech on the Onyx Security founders' backgrounds](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjmra11x911g) “Founded in 2024 by Maxim Bar Kogan and Gil Elbaz. Bar Kogan is a cyber security leader and experienced technology executive who served in Unit 8200 of the IDF.” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s12 | [CTech on the Onyx co-founder Gil Elbaz's AI research background](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjmra11x911g) “Elbaz is a veteran AI researcher, previously reporting to the CTO of Nvidia, and a former member of one of the IDF's AI research units.” | press | 2026-06-14 |
| s11 | [Onyx Security homepage product pillars and customer testimonial](https://onyx.security/) “Satisfy AI security standards and regulatory requirements with opt-in coverage and define specific policy controls in natural language.” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s13 | [Onyx Security homepage CISO testimonial from Eli Edelkind, shown beside the CAVA logo](https://onyx.security/) “Onyx gives us end-to-end oversight over AI, across SaaS, cloud, and endpoints, with a secure control plane that can consistently enforce our policies. This enables us to double down on AI adoption across the company.” | official | 2026-07-10 |
| s14 | [Onyx Security Trust Center (SafeBase) listing SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022](https://trust.onyx.security/) “Welcome to Onyx's Trust Center. ... Compliance, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, HIPAA. Reports, SOC 2 Report, ISO 27001: 2022, HIPAA Report, Pentest Report.” | official | 2026-06-16 |
| s15 | [Onyx Security homepage second named CISO testimonial from Kyle Weckman](https://onyx.security/) “Onyx provides the visibility, governance, enforcement, and auditability we need to effectively manage AI risk across copilots and other tools, while still empowering teams to move fast.” | official | 2026-07-10 |

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