# Cyber Company Profiles: Traceforce

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## At a Glance

- Website: [traceforce.ai](https://traceforce.ai)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/traceforce
- Type: Security for AI
- Market readiness: Emerging (21/40)
- Defensibility: Exposed (9/21)
- Founded: 2025
- Last updated: 2026-07-17

## Executive Summary

Traceforce watches the AI assistants, agents, and MCP servers running on employee computers, a layer that endpoint and network security products were not built to see. Clumio alumna Xia Hua co-founded the San Francisco company in February 2025, it sits in Y Combinator's S26 batch, and by mid-2026 it had shipped an endpoint sensor, a browser extension, an open-source MCP scanner, a curated risk registry, and customer-owned scan storage. The July 2026 quickstart documents Windows 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge alongside macOS and Chrome. The founders' July 2026 Launch HN post reports 1,000-plus devices across 10 organizations, none named. Its edge today is being early to a surface incumbents miss, while the same discovery is software an EDR vendor could fold into sensors already running.

## 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 | Traceforce runs on company devices to secure browser AI, desktop apps, and CLI agents, giving security teams full visibility into how those AI tools get used across the fleet. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2025 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | San Francisco, California, US | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Y Combinator S26 batch participation, no priced round disclosed, 2026 | [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Deployment | SaaS | [\[f5\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Compliance | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 1 | [\[f5\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Traceforce | Traceforce: Endpoint AI security posture management that discovers the AI tools, agents, MCP servers, and skills running on devices, scores context-aware risk, and automates remediation. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [AI Defense Matrix](https://aidefensematrix.com) [\[f6\]](#company-detail-sources):

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

TraceForce is endpoint AI security posture management that discovers the AI tools, agents, MCP servers, and skills running on devices, scores context-aware risk, and automates remediation. 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 (21/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-02. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 |
| Capability Depth | 3/5 |
| Market Timing | 3/5 |
| Team Credibility | 3/5 |
| GTM Proof | 2/5 |
| Funding Efficiency | 2/5 |
| 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 (9/21)**

Band guidance: pivot urgently. Analyzed 2026-07-17. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Value Delivery | 1/3 |
| Switching Cost | 1/3 |
| Compliance Moat | 1/3 |
| Problem Complexity | 2/3 |
| Buyer Profile | 2/3 |
| Layer | 1/3 |
| 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 | [Traceforce: AI Security & Control Platform for Devices](https://traceforce.ai/) | official | 2026-07-09 |
| f2 | [The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley episode 72 with the Traceforce founders](https://thesecuritypodcastofsiliconvalley.com/episodes/72-the-security-risk-no-one-sees-coming-with-ai-agents-traceforceai-special) | press | 2026-06-11 |
| f3 | [Traceforce contact page](https://traceforce.ai/contact-us) | official | 2026-07-02 |
| f4 | [Launch HN: Traceforce (YC S26), founder post, July 2026](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48937020) | press | 2026-07-17 |
| f5 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog entry](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/traceforce/) | other | 2026-06-09 |
| f6 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog mapping](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/traceforce/) | other | 2026-06-23 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Traceforce homepage](https://traceforce.ai/) “EDR monitors processes. CASB monitors network traffic. Neither sees AI running locally on your devices.” | official | 2026-06-12 |
| s2 | [Traceforce contact page (relocated from /contact, which now returns 404)](https://traceforce.ai/contact-us) “Reach us at 166 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108.” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s3 | [Traceforce legal page](https://traceforce.ai/legal) | official | 2026-06-12 |
| s4 | [Traceforce documentation index](https://traceforce.readme.io/llms.txt) | official | 2026-06-12 |
| s5 | [Traceforce documentation on AI agents](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/agents.md) “Traceforce tracks not just agents but also the plan they run on to identify any gap in security controls.” | official | 2026-06-12 |
| s6 | [Traceforce documentation on MCP servers](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/mcp-servers.md) “Traceforce Scout can discover these custom MCP servers and detect security vulnerabilities such as secrets exposure and unpinned versions.” | official | 2026-06-12 |
| s7 | [MCP X-Ray repository on GitHub](https://github.com/traceforce/mcp-xray) “Atlas has over 600 MCPs in its registry, providing a comprehensive security assessment database for the MCP ecosystem.” | official | 2026-06-12 |
| s8 | [Traceforce GitHub organization](https://github.com/traceforce) | official | 2026-06-12 |
| s9 | [The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley: Episode 72 with the Traceforce founders (lines verified verbatim in the served page HTML on 2026-07-02)](https://thesecuritypodcastofsiliconvalley.com/episodes/72-the-security-risk-no-one-sees-coming-with-ai-agents-traceforceai-special) “we sort of nailed our first customer, figured out that first product we want to build, right. After speaking with like two dozen design partners, right. ... That, that was just like last month, right. We started in February. ... much harder than getting a 4. 0 GPA at MIT” | press | 2026-07-02 |
| s10 | [Podbean listing of the Traceforce podcast episode (published July 1, 2025)](https://thesecuritypodcastofsiliconvalley.podbean.com/e/the-security-risk-no-one-sees-coming-with-ai-agents-traceforceai-special/) “TraceForce.ai founders Xia Hua and Glenn Mulvaney reveal the next big security risk: autonomous agents that operate beyond permission boundaries.” | press | 2026-06-12 |
| s11 | [Ken Huang on agentic security posture management via Traceforce (Traceforce-sponsored)](https://kenhuangus.substack.com/p/agentic-security-posture-management-9ac) “Thanks you TraceForce for Sponsoring this article.” | research | 2026-06-12 |
| s12 | [Ken Huang on discovering shadow AI agents (Traceforce-sponsored)](https://kenhuangus.substack.com/p/how-to-discover-shadow-ai-agents) “Unless a monitoring agent is also installed inside the container, which Scout Lite does automatically, the host-level EDR sees only the Docker daemon, not the Claude Code process, not the MCP servers, not the tool calls.” | research | 2026-06-12 |
| s13 | [Traceforce partner listing at Cyber Security & Cloud Congress North America 2026](https://www.cybersecuritycloudexpo.com/northamerica/partner/traceforce/) | press | 2026-06-12 |
| s14 | [Commvault announcement of the Clumio acquisition](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/commvault-accelerates-cyber-resilience-capabilities-for-aws-with-acquisition-of-clumio-302257641.html) “announced it will acquire Clumio, a technology leader in data protection for critical cloud data in AWS” | press | 2026-06-12 |
| s15 | [Traceforce quickstart guide: supported OS architectures and browsers (2026-07-02 fetch)](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/quickstart.md) “Apple Silicon/arm64, macOS versions 15.x (Sequoia), 26.x (Tahoe) ... Windows/arm64, Windows versions 10, 11 ... Chrome Browser Stable/Extended Stable v. 138 and above ... Microsoft Edge Browser Stable v. 138 and above” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s16 | [Traceforce homepage: MDM partner network and platform counters (2026-07-02 fetch)](https://traceforce.ai/) “Preferred MDM partner network ... Integrates with Jamf, JumpCloud, NinjaOne, and Iru ... Devices ... 1K+ ... MCPs Curated ... 1K+” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s17 | [Traceforce homepage footer badges (2026-07-02 fetch, img alt and filename manifest)](https://traceforce.ai/) “img alt "ISO logo" beside img src SOC2%20Type%202.svg with alt "SOC2 logo" in the homepage badge block” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s18 | [Traceforce Scout documentation](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/scout.md) “Traceforce can discover and perform deep inspection of over 500 publicly known MCP servers.” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s19 | [Traceforce: Platform Overview (2026-07-02 fetch)](https://traceforce.ai/product-overview) “Unlike competitors that rely on enterprise APIs, gateways, or EDR/CASB extensions, we operate on-device” | official | 2026-07-02 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Traceforce homepage](https://traceforce.ai/) “EDR monitors processes. CASB monitors network traffic. Neither sees AI running locally on your devices.” | official | 2026-06-11 |
| s2 | [Traceforce contact page (relocated from /contact, MSP/MSSP PORT1 route verified 2026-07-17)](https://traceforce.ai/contact-us) “Reach us at 166 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108.” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s3 | [Traceforce legal page](https://traceforce.ai/legal) “Vulnerability Disclosure Policy ... Free Trial Data Processing Addendum ... Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement” | official | 2026-06-15 |
| s4 | [Traceforce documentation index](https://traceforce.readme.io/llms.txt) “Release 1.0.5 ... Release 1.0.33” | official | 2026-07-17 |
| s5 | [Traceforce documentation on AI agents](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/agents.md) “Traceforce tracks not just agents but also the plan they run on to identify any gap in security controls.” | official | 2026-06-11 |
| s6 | [Traceforce documentation on MCP servers](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/mcp-servers.md) “Traceforce Scout can discover these custom MCP servers and detect security vulnerabilities such as secrets exposure and unpinned versions.” | official | 2026-06-11 |
| s7 | [Traceforce quickstart guide: supported OS architectures and browsers, expanded from macOS and Chrome (2026-07-02 fetch)](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/quickstart.md) “Apple Silicon/arm64, macOS versions 15.x (Sequoia), 26.x (Tahoe) ... Windows/arm64, Windows versions 10, 11 ... Chrome Browser Stable/Extended Stable v. 138 and above ... Microsoft Edge Browser Stable v. 138 and above” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s8 | [Traceforce Scout documentation](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/scout.md) “Traceforce can discover and perform deep inspection of over 500 publicly known MCP servers.” | official | 2026-06-11 |
| s9 | [Traceforce X-Ray documentation](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/x-ray.md) “Executes security test plans by making actual tool calls against MCP servers. Test plans are LLM-generated” | official | 2026-06-11 |
| s10 | [Traceforce storage provider integration guide](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/storage-provider-integration.md) “Traceforce does not store scan data on its own infrastructure.” | official | 2026-06-11 |
| s11 | [MCP X-Ray repository on GitHub](https://github.com/traceforce/mcp-xray) “Atlas has over 600 MCPs in its registry, providing a comprehensive security assessment database for the MCP ecosystem.” | official | 2026-06-11 |
| s12 | [Traceforce GitHub organization](https://github.com/traceforce) | official | 2026-06-11 |
| s13 | [Traceforce trial signup portal](https://trial.traceforce.co/) “Use your company address (Google Workspace or Microsoft 365). Personal @gmail.com, @outlook.com, and similar consumer accounts are not supported.” | official | 2026-06-11 |
| s14 | [The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley episode 72 with the Traceforce founders](https://thesecuritypodcastofsiliconvalley.com/episodes/72-the-security-risk-no-one-sees-coming-with-ai-agents-traceforceai-special) “Traceforce is actually an AI data security company that she started with her co-founder, Glenn, back in February 2025. Prior to Traceforce, Shia was the director of engineering at Clumio” | press | 2026-06-18 |
| s15 | [Podbean listing of the Traceforce podcast episode (published July 1, 2025)](https://thesecuritypodcastofsiliconvalley.podbean.com/e/the-security-risk-no-one-sees-coming-with-ai-agents-traceforceai-special/) “Traceforce.ai founders Xia Hua and Glenn Mulvaney reveal the next big security risk: autonomous agents that operate beyond permission boundaries.” | press | 2026-06-11 |
| s16 | [Ken Huang on agentic security posture management via Traceforce (Traceforce-sponsored)](https://kenhuangus.substack.com/p/agentic-security-posture-management-9ac) “Thanks you Traceforce for Sponsoring this article.” | research | 2026-06-11 |
| s17 | [Ken Huang on discovering shadow AI agents (Traceforce-sponsored)](https://kenhuangus.substack.com/p/how-to-discover-shadow-ai-agents) “Unless a monitoring agent is also installed inside the container, which Scout Lite does automatically, the host-level EDR sees only the Docker daemon, not the Claude Code process, not the MCP servers, not the tool calls.” | research | 2026-06-11 |
| s18 | [Traceforce partner listing at Cyber Security & Cloud Congress North America 2026](https://www.cybersecuritycloudexpo.com/northamerica/partner/traceforce/) | press | 2026-06-11 |
| s19 | [Commvault announcement of the Clumio acquisition](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/commvault-accelerates-cyber-resilience-capabilities-for-aws-with-acquisition-of-clumio-302257641.html) “announced it will acquire Clumio, a technology leader in data protection for critical cloud data in AWS” | press | 2026-06-11 |
| s20 | [Traceforce TraceGraph Agent SDK announcement on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/traceforce-security_traceforce-aisecurity-cybersecurity-activity-7453123842538930176-1wyy/) “we're excited to introduce the TraceGraph Agent SDK, enabling our customers to build their own agents on top of this rich data engine” | official | 2026-06-18 |
| s21 | [Traceforce quickstart guide: registration and free trial (2026-07-02 fetch)](https://traceforce.readme.io/docs/quickstart.md) “The free trial supports up to 10 devices for 30 days and requires a Google or Microsoft Workspace email.” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s22 | [The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley episode 72: first customer, design partner, and MIT lines verified verbatim in the served page HTML (2026-07-02 fetch)](https://thesecuritypodcastofsiliconvalley.com/episodes/72-the-security-risk-no-one-sees-coming-with-ai-agents-traceforceai-special) “we sort of nailed our first customer, figured out that first product we want to build, right. After speaking with like two dozen design partners, right. ... That, that was just like last month, right. We started in February. ... much harder than getting a 4. 0 GPA at MIT” | press | 2026-07-02 |
| s23 | [Traceforce homepage: MDM partner network and platform counters (2026-07-02 fetch)](https://traceforce.ai/) “Preferred MDM partner network ... Integrates with Jamf, JumpCloud, NinjaOne, and Iru ... Devices ... 1K+ ... MCPs Curated ... 1K+” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s24 | [Traceforce homepage footer badges (2026-07-02 fetch, img alt and filename manifest)](https://traceforce.ai/) “img alt "ISO logo" beside img src SOC2%20Type%202.svg with alt "SOC2 logo" in the homepage badge block” | official | 2026-07-02 |
| s25 | [Traceforce: Pricing Plans (2026-07-17 fetch, figures in the JSON-LD offer data, visible Pro card figure-free)](https://traceforce.ai/pricing) “$12/month billed yearly or $15/month billed monthly per device” | official | 2026-07-17 |
| s26 | [Traceforce Trust Center (cyberbase-hosted, linked from the legal page, JS app, no attestation text in the raw fetch, 2026-07-17)](https://traceforce.trust.cyberbase.ai/) “Traceforce Trust Center” | official | 2026-07-17 |
| s27 | [Launch HN: Traceforce (YC S26), company-wide security monitoring for AI apps (founder post, July 2026)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48937020) “Hey HN, we're Xia and Varun, the founders of Traceforce ... Traceforce is currently deployed across more than 1,000 devices at 10 organizations. On average, we discover over 15 AI applications per device with each application connected to 5-10 MCPs.” | official | 2026-07-17 |

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