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Updated Aug 16, 2026
Obsidian Security is a privately held cybersecurity company founded in 2017 that protects enterprise SaaS applications, third-party integrations, identities, data, and AI agents. Its platform provides visibility, posture management, identity-threat detection and response, compliance automation, and runtime controls across business-critical applications.
Primary product
Obsidian Security Platform, an end-to-end SaaS and AI security platform covering SaaS security posture management (SSPM), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), SaaS supply-chain and integration security, data governance, and AI-agent security.
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Team size
Approximately 186–262 employees; public estimates vary by source and date.
Industry
Computer and network security
Sub-industry
SaaS security, cloud security, identity security, AI security, and security posture management
Offices
Business model
Stage
Series D / venture-backed private company
Total raised
$204.5M
Latest round
Series D · Aug 2026
Latest amount
$85M
Aug 2026 · Crescent Cove Advisors
Apr 2022 · Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and Institutional Venture Partners
Feb 2019 · Wing Venture Capital
Jun 2017 · Greylock Partners
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Xinran Wang
Chief Technology Officer
Khanh Tran
Chief Product Officer
Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer
Brian Murphy
Chief Revenue Officer
Chithra Rajagopalan
SVP of Finance
Paul Luongo
Chief Legal Officer
Tina Lei
VP, Revenue Marketing
Ish Cheema
Vice President of Global Services & Support
Priya Balakrishnan
SVP, Product and Corporate Marketing
Jian Jiang
VP of Engineering, US
Director of Engineering
Founders
Co-Founder; former Chief Technology Officer
Glenn Chisholm
Co-Founder and Board Member; former Chief Executive Officer
The company describes a customer-focused, collaborative, high-accountability culture through its CODE principles: Customers Win, We Win; One Obsidian, One Score; Do Great Things Together; and Everyone is a Pioneer. Obsidian has also stated that it was certified as a Great Place to Work. Its careers materials emphasize customer impact, rapid iteration, privacy, data ethics, and solving difficult cybersecurity problems.
Compensation
Public careers materials indicate competitive compensation, equity, and 401(k), but no verified role-specific salary bands were found.
Benefits
Pricing
Enterprise quote-based pricing; the company promotes demos and a free-trial entry point, but does not publish standard pricing.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $26.7M–$45.4M annually based on third-party estimates; estimates are inconsistent and are not company-reported.
Estimated monthly visits
60.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Obsidian Security · Aug 2026
Obsidian announced an $85M Series D led by Crescent Cove Advisors, with participation from existing investors, at a reported $1.1B valuation. The company said the capital would support AI-agent and third-party-application security.
Reuters · Aug 2026
Reuters independently reported the $85M Series D, $1.1B valuation, and participation by Greylock Partners and Menlo Ventures, citing demand to secure autonomous software agents accessing sensitive enterprise data.
Obsidian Security · Jul 2025
Obsidian announced five go-to-market leadership appointments, including Alison Tierney, Corey Elinburg, Brian McHenry, Tina Lei, and Tyler Mihevc, as it scaled internationally and positioned for long-term growth and potential IPO readiness.
Obsidian Security · Apr 2025
Khanh Tran joined as Chief Product Officer, with former CrowdStrike product leaders Rekha Das and Alex Graul also joining. The announcement emphasized agentic-AI security, the Knowledge Graph, ITDR, and SSPM.
Obsidian Security · Jan 2025
Obsidian reported a 300% year-over-year increase in SaaS breaches from September 2023 to September 2024 and used the report to highlight the growing need for SaaS identity, posture, and integration security.
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