# Cyber Company Profiles: Promptfoo

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## At a Glance

- Website: [promptfoo.dev](https://www.promptfoo.dev)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/promptfoo
- Type: Security for AI
- Status: acquired
- Market readiness: Established (27/40)
- Defensibility: Exposed (12/21)
- Founded: 2024
- Funding: $23.4M total
- Last updated: 2026-07-14

## Executive Summary

Promptfoo is an open-source tool for red-teaming AI applications: it generates application-specific attacks such as prompt injections and jailbreaks, grades the responses, and maps tests to standards including the NIST AI RMF, the OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, and ISO/IEC 42001. More than 350,000 developers have used it, 130,000 were monthly actives at the March 2026 acquisition post, and teams at over a quarter of the Fortune 500 rely on it. In March 2026 OpenAI agreed to buy the company for its Frontier platform. OpenAI emphasizes the technology and engineering expertise it gains, while the record's clearest hard-to-copy asset is the install base, built while the tool stayed neutral toward every model provider, since the testing method itself is one a funded rival could rebuild.

## 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 | Promptfoo simulates real users to red-team LLM applications and agents, generating custom attacks such as prompt injections, jailbreaks, and data leaks to uncover application-specific vulnerabilities. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Acquisition | OpenAI, announced 2026-03-09 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2024 | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | San Francisco, California, United States | [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Funding | $23.4M total | [\[f5\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Series A, 18.4M USD, July 2025, led by Insight Partners | [\[f6\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | [\[f7\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Promptfoo | Promptfoo: Open-source CLI and library for evaluating and red-teaming LLM applications, generating application-specific attacks such as prompt injections, jailbreaks, and data and PII leaks. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [AI Defense Matrix](https://aidefensematrix.com) [\[f8\]](#company-detail-sources):

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

Promptfoo is an open-source CLI and library for evaluating and red-teaming LLM applications, generating application-specific attacks such as prompt injections, jailbreaks, and data and PII leaks. 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.

**Established (27/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-08. 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 | 4/5 |
| 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 2026-07-14. 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 | [Promptfoo: Build Secure AI Applications](https://www.promptfoo.dev) | official | 2026-07-09 |
| f2 | [Promptfoo blog: Promptfoo is joining OpenAI](https://www.promptfoo.dev/blog/promptfoo-joining-openai/) | official | 2026-07-02 |
| f3 | [The Next Web on the Promptfoo acquisition and origins](https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-acquires-promptfoo-ai-security-frontier) | press | 2026-06-13 |
| f4 | [CNBC on OpenAI buying Promptfoo](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/open-ai-cybersecurity-promptfoo-ai-agents.html) | press | 2026-06-13 |
| f5 | [TechCrunch on OpenAI acquiring Promptfoo](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/openai-acquires-promptfoo-to-secure-its-ai-agents/) | press | 2026-06-13 |
| f6 | [SecurityWeek on OpenAI acquiring Promptfoo](https://www.securityweek.com/openai-to-acquire-ai-security-startup-promptfoo/) | press | 2026-06-13 |
| f7 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog entry](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/promptfoo/) | other | 2026-06-09 |
| f8 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog mapping](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/promptfoo/) | other | 2026-06-23 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Promptfoo homepage](https://www.promptfoo.dev/) | official | 2026-06-13 |
| s2 | [Promptfoo is joining OpenAI announcement](https://www.promptfoo.dev/blog/promptfoo-joining-openai/) “More than 350k developers have used it, 130k are active each month, and teams at more than 25% of the Fortune 500 rely on it.” | official | 2026-06-13 |
| s3 | [Promptfoo LLM red teaming guide](https://www.promptfoo.dev/docs/red-team/) “This process is how the big foundation labs - OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Google - evaluate their models before they release them to the public.” | official | 2026-06-13 |
| s4 | [Promptfoo about page with founder profiles](https://www.promptfoo.dev/about/) | official | 2026-06-13 |
| s5 | [GitHub API repository statistics for promptfoo/promptfoo](https://api.github.com/repos/promptfoo/promptfoo) “"stargazers_count": 22859” | research | 2026-07-02 |
| s6 | [TechCrunch on OpenAI acquiring Promptfoo](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/openai-acquires-promptfoo-to-secure-its-ai-agents/) “Promptfoo has raised just $23 million since its founding and was valued at $86 million after its most recent round in July 2025, according to PitchBook.” | press | 2026-06-13 |
| s7 | [CNBC on OpenAI buying Promptfoo](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/open-ai-cybersecurity-promptfoo-ai-agents.html) “The startup has 11 employees and has raised a total of $22.68 million with a post-valuation of $85.5 million as of July 2025, according to the deal-tracking service Pitchbook.” | press | 2026-06-13 |
| s8 | [The Next Web on the Promptfoo acquisition and origins](https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-acquires-promptfoo-ai-security-frontier) “Promptfoo, which Webster co-founded with Michael D’Angelo – a former VP of engineering and head of AI at identity verification firm Smile Identity – launched commercially in 2024 with $5 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz.” | press | 2026-06-13 |
| s9 | [CSO Online on the Promptfoo acquisition and AI testing demand](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4142896/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo-to-strengthen-ai-agent-security-testing.html) “Promptfoo’s tools allow developers to test LLM applications against adversarial prompts, including prompt injection and jailbreak attempts, and to evaluate whether models follow safety and reliability guidelines.” | press | 2026-06-13 |
| s10 | [OpenAI announcement of the Promptfoo acquisition](https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo/) “Once the acquisition is finalized we will integrate Promptfoo’s technology directly into OpenAI Frontier, our platform for building and operating AI coworkers.” | official | 2026-06-13 |
| s11 | [SecurityWeek on OpenAI acquiring Promptfoo](https://www.securityweek.com/openai-to-acquire-ai-security-startup-promptfoo/) “Promptfoo has raised more than $23 million and was reportedly valued at $86 million (based on PitchBook data) following an $18.4 million Series A funding round in July 2025.” | press | 2026-06-13 |
| s12 | [arXiv preprint Redefining AI Red Teaming in the Agentic Era characterizing Promptfoo](https://arxiv.org/html/2605.04019v1) “Promptfoo (Promptfoo, 2024 ) provides a configuration-driven approach to LLM evaluation and AI red teaming, using YAML-based test definitions to run adversarial prompts against model endpoints.” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s13 | [CB Insights funding and investor profile for Promptfoo](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/promptfoo/financials) “Promptfoo has raised $23.4M over 4 rounds.” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s14 | [SEC EDGAR submissions record for Promptfoo, Inc. (EIN 993294670), two Form D exempt-offering notices filed 2024 and 2025](https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0002030751.json) “"name":"Promptfoo, Inc.","tickers":[],"exchanges":[],"ein":"993294670"” | regulatory | 2026-06-29 |
| s15 | [Promptfoo Trust Center](https://trust.promptfoo.dev/) “Compliance: ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2. Resources: Promptfoo External Penetration Test Report, Promptfoo ISO 27001 Certificate, Promptfoo SOC2 Type II Report, Promptfoo COI.” | official | 2026-07-08 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Promptfoo homepage: Build Secure AI Applications](https://www.promptfoo.dev/) “Promptfoo is now part of OpenAI.” | official | 2026-06-17 |
| s2 | [Promptfoo is joining OpenAI](https://www.promptfoo.dev/blog/promptfoo-joining-openai/) “More than 350k developers have used it, 130k are active each month, and teams at more than 25% of the Fortune 500 rely on it. We will continue to maintain the open-source suite for any AI model or application.” | official | 2026-06-17 |
| s3 | [Promptfoo LLM red teaming guide (open source)](https://www.promptfoo.dev/docs/red-team/) “Promptfoo breaks down LLM failure modes into adversarial testers known as plugins. Examples: Harmful content, Broken object-level authorization (BOLA), Broken function-level authorization (BFLA), Competitor endorsement. Supports NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, MITRE ATLAS, ISO/IEC 42001.” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s4 | [About Promptfoo: founders and open-source community](https://www.promptfoo.dev/about/) “Ian previously led LLM engineering and developer platform teams at Discord, scaling AI products to 200M users ... As the former VP of Engineering and Head of AI at Smile Identity, he has a track record of scaling ML solutions to serve over 100 million people ... over 309 open source contributors.” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s5 | [Promptfoo pricing: Community and Enterprise tiers](https://www.promptfoo.dev/pricing/) “Community. Free Forever. All LLM evaluation features. Red teaming (10k probes/month). Run locally or self-host. Enterprise adds centralized guardrail dashboard, access control and SSO, cloud deployment, and SLA guarantees. Enterprise On-Premise adds complete data isolation.” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s6 | [OpenAI to acquire Promptfoo (Frontier integration)](https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo/) “Once the acquisition is finalized we will integrate Promptfoo's technology directly into OpenAI Frontier, our platform for building and operating AI coworkers. The Promptfoo team, led by Ian Webster and Michael D'Angelo.” | official | 2026-06-17 |
| s7 | [TechCrunch on OpenAI acquiring Promptfoo](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/openai-acquires-promptfoo-to-secure-its-ai-agents/) “Promptfoo has raised just $23 million since its founding and was valued at $86 million after its most recent round in July 2025, according to PitchBook.” | press | 2026-06-17 |
| s8 | [The Next Web on the Promptfoo acquisition and origins](https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-acquires-promptfoo-ai-security-frontier) “Promptfoo, which Webster co-founded with Michael D'Angelo, launched commercially in 2024 with $5 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz.” | press | 2026-06-17 |
| s9 | [CSO Online on the Promptfoo acquisition and AI testing demand](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4142896/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo-to-strengthen-ai-agent-security-testing.html) “Promptfoo's tools allow developers to test LLM applications against adversarial prompts, including prompt injection and jailbreak attempts, and to evaluate whether models follow safety and reliability guidelines.” | press | 2026-06-17 |
| s10 | [Promptfoo Trust Center](https://trust.promptfoo.dev) “Compliance: ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II. Resources: ISO 27001 Certificate, SOC 2 Type II Report, External Penetration Test Report.” | official | 2026-06-24 |
| s11 | [arXiv preprint Redefining AI Red Teaming in the Agentic Era characterizing Promptfoo](https://arxiv.org/html/2605.04019v1) “Promptfoo (Promptfoo, 2024 ) provides a configuration-driven approach to LLM evaluation and AI red teaming, using YAML-based test definitions to run adversarial prompts against model endpoints.” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s12 | [CB Insights funding and investor profile for Promptfoo](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/promptfoo/financials) “Promptfoo has raised $23.4M over 4 rounds.” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s13 | [SEC EDGAR submissions record for Promptfoo, Inc. (EIN 993294670), two Form D exempt-offering notices filed 2024 and 2025](https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0002030751.json) “"name":"Promptfoo, Inc.","tickers":[],"exchanges":[],"ein":"993294670"” | regulatory | 2026-06-29 |

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