SpecterOps
SpecterOps provides identity attack path management solutions for enterprises, offering technology and services to detect, map, and eliminate exploitable identity relationships and permissions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its BloodHound platform helps security teams continuously identify and remediate attack paths, enforce least privilege, and reduce identity-based risk. The organization also offers security training, offensive security services, and open source tools to support defenders in protecting critical assets from sophisticated adversaries.
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Sectors
- Computer and Network Security
- Founded
- 2017
- Employees
- 293
- Stage
- Series A
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Palo Alto Networks to acquire Seattle startup Protect AI in deal reported above $500 million
Seattle-based Protect AI, founded in 2022 to secure machine-learning systems and serving Fortune 500 clients, is being acquired by Palo Alto Networks; sources report the deal is worth over $500 million after Protect AI raised $60 million in a 2024 Series B at a $400 million valuation. Palo Alto plans to integrate Protect AI into its Prisma AIRS platform to expand AI security capabilities.
Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Seattle AI Cybersecurity Startup Protect AI for Over $500 Million
Palo Alto Networks plans to acquire Seattle-based AI cybersecurity startup Protect AI, founded in 2022, for an estimated $500 million or more, aiming to strengthen its AI security offerings. Protect AI, which serves Fortune 500 clients and recently raised $60 million at a $400 million valuation, focuses on protecting machine learning systems amid rising AI-related breaches.
SpecterOps Raises $75M Series B Led by Insight Partners to Fight Identity-Based Cyber Threats
SpecterOps, a cybersecurity startup based in Alexandria, Va. with a Seattle office, raised $75 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners and including Microsoft’s M12. Founded in 2016 by CEO David McGuire, the company specializes in defending against identity-based cyber threats and has about 200 employees.
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See all 4SpecterOps Adds AWS and Entra Agent ID Support to BloodHound Enterprise and Launches BloodHound Hunter AI Agent Interface
SpecterOps added AWS and Microsoft Entra Agent ID support to BloodHound Enterprise and launched BloodHound Hunter, an AI agent interface that brings attack-path intelligence into AI-assisted security workflows so defenders can trace, prioritize, and remediate cross-system and AI-accelerated attacks.
SpecterOps’ EMEA Channel Director Nessa Lynchehaun Named to CRN’s 2026 Women of the Channel for Scaling Partner Ecosystem
SpecterOps announces EMEA Channel Director Nessa Lynchehaun was named to CRN’s 2026 Women of the Channel list for scaling the company’s EMEA partner ecosystem with a quality-first, partner-led approach focused on measurable customer outcomes.
SpecterOps and Omdia: 35% of Organizations Fully Implement Identity APM as AI and Non‑Human Identities Raise Risk
SpecterOps and Omdia found 35% of organizations have fully implemented identity-based Attack Path Management (up from 21% in 2025), with another 30% evaluating solutions, as AI and non-human identities increase identity risk and urgency to operationalize APM beyond technology alone.
People
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Jared Atkinson Executive, CTO
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Robby Winchester Executive, Chief Services Officer
