Protecting companies from AI-powered attacks.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Adaptive Security is a New York-based, AI-native cybersecurity company founded in 2024. It sells a human-security platform for the AI era, centered on security awareness training, AI-powered phishing/deepfake simulations, cloud email security, and AI governance to help organizations defend against AI-enabled social engineering.
Primary product
AI-native security awareness training and phishing simulation platform
Founded
2024
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
200-300 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Computer and Network Security
Sub-industry
AI-powered security awareness training and phishing simulation
Offices
Business model
Stage
Series B
Total raised
$146.5M
Latest round
Series B · Dec 2025
Latest amount
$81M
Dec 2025 · Bain Capital Ventures
Sep 2025 · OpenAI Startup Fund
Apr 2025 · Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI Startup Fund
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Chief People Officer
VP Product
Chief of Staff, GTM
Fast-moving, outcome-oriented, and innovation-heavy. Public career messaging emphasizes 'Move fast,' 'Drive outcomes,' and 'Innovate boldly,' with a bias toward shipping quickly and hiring people who have done it before.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public job posts show senior engineering compensation of roughly $125K-$300K plus equity, alongside competitive cash compensation, meaningful stock, and strong office perks.
Benefits
Pricing
Per-seat subscription with custom quotes; products can be purchased individually or bundled.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Adaptive Security · Jul 2026
Explains a four-layer deepfake defense framework spanning identity/procedural controls, detection and provenance tooling, employee simulations, and governance/incident response. It also discusses regulatory and insurance implications for synthetic-media risk.
PR Newswire · Jun 2026
Announced a 15-video security awareness series starring Conan O'Brien to teach employees about deepfakes, voice cloning, impersonation, phishing, QR scams, and remote-work security. The series was made available to enterprise customers and highlights Adaptive's product-led training strategy.
Adaptive Security · Apr 2026
Launched Adaptive AI Governance beta, giving security teams browser-based visibility into AI tools and shadow apps, with policy enforcement and coaching integrated into the broader human-risk platform.
PR Newswire · Dec 2025
Raised an $81 million Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures, bringing total funding to $146.5 million. The release says the company had more than 500 enterprise customers and continued to expand AI-powered simulations and human-risk scoring.
PR Newswire · Sep 2025
OpenAI Startup Fund added a follow-on investment that brought Adaptive's Series A to $55 million. The announcement emphasized deepfake simulations, AI-powered risk scoring, and training for modern AI-enabled threats.