XBOW · Jul 2026
XBOW said it earned AWS Application Security distinction for Autonomous Security Validation, and noted more than 100 organizations worldwide use its platform.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
XBOW is a Seattle-based autonomous offensive security company that uses AI agents to continuously discover, chain, exploit, and independently validate vulnerabilities in web apps and APIs, replacing point-in-time pentests with machine-speed continuous testing.
Primary product
Autonomous offensive security / AI-powered penetration testing platform
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington, United States
Team size
200-300
Work style
Remote
Industry
Computer and Network Security
Sub-industry
Autonomous offensive security / AI-powered penetration testing
Offices
Seattle, Washington, United States (HQ)
113 Cherry St, Seattle, Washington, United States
600 1st Avenue, Suite 330 PMB 74837, Seattle, WA 98104-2246, United States
Business model
enterprise SaaS
usage-based pricing
cloud marketplace procurement
Funding
Stage
Series C
Total raised
$272M
Latest round
Series C extension · May 2026
Latest amount
$35M
May 2026 · Accenture Ventures, DNX Ventures, Liberty Global Tech Ventures, NVentures, Samsung Ventures, and SentinelOne S Ventures
Mar 2026 · DFJ Growth and Northzone
Jun 2025 · Altimeter Capital
Oct 2024 · Sequoia Capital and Nat Friedman
Jul 2024 · Sequoia Capital
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
CISO
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Product Officer
Head of AI
Andrew Rice
Head of Engineering
General Counsel
Head of Finance & BizOps
General Manager, South Korea
Work & culture
XBOW emphasizes ownership, collaboration, speed, focus on high-impact work, and transparency/candor.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Publicly advertised as offering competitive salary and equity; no public pay bands were found.
Benefits
Flexible PTO
health insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
401k/pension match
competitive salary
equity
remote work
globally distributed team
Product & market
Pricing
Usage-based pricing scaled to coverage; cloud marketplace procurement is available, and AWS partner materials mention annual attack credits.
Differentiators
- —Continuous testing instead of point-in-time pentests
- —working exploit proof for every finding
- —real attack-path chaining across vulnerabilities
- —near-zero false positives / validator-backed results
- —developer-ready remediation traces and audit logs
- —API-first, CI/CD-friendly workflow
- —governed enterprise controls and compliance support
- —scales with attack surface rather than headcount
Technology
AI reasoning
autonomous agents
coordinator/validator architecture
independent exploit validation
REST API
webhooks
steerable headless browser
Next.js
React
Remix
Google Analytics 4
Google Tag Manager
AWS marketplace
Google Cloud Marketplace
Oracle Marketplace
Microsoft Marketplace
Microsoft Security Copilot integration
Microsoft Sentinel integration
GPT-5.5 integration
Customers
Moderna
Seznam
PuppyGraph
BloomPath AI
Rogo
Lumios
Samsung SDS
top-5 U.S. bank
Competitors
Cobalt
Synack
Bugcrowd
traditional manual pentest providers
DAST / scanner tools
Scale & contact
Latest news
XBOW / Fast Company · Jun 2026
Fast Company recognized XBOW in its 2026 World Changing Ideas Awards for business products and services.
XBOW / Business Wire · May 2026
XBOW added $35M in additional Series C financing from strategic investors including Accenture Ventures, DNX Ventures, Liberty Global Tech Ventures, NVentures, Samsung Ventures, and SentinelOne S Ventures.
XBOW / Business Wire · Mar 2026
XBOW announced a collaboration with Microsoft Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel data lake, making its continuous pentesting workflow available in Microsoft’s security ecosystem.
XBOW / Business Wire · Mar 2026
XBOW announced a $120M Series C led by DFJ Growth and Northzone at a valuation above $1B.
Jobs and careers at XBOW
8 jobs at XBOW
Security Engineer
Remote
Security
US remote; United States
2d ago
Remote
Full-time
Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial-UK
Remote
Legal
United Kingdom (Remote); United Kingdom
3d ago
Remote
Full-time
Corporate Communications Director
Remote
Marketing
US remote; United States
4d ago
Remote
Full-time
Information Security Analyst, GRC
Remote
IT & Security
Europe (Remote); Any Europe where Remote.com can hire, European Union
1w ago
Remote
Full-time
Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial
Remote
Legal
US remote; United States
1w ago
Remote
Full-time
Software Engineer - Platform / Core Infrastructure - EMEA
Remote
Engineering
Europe (Remote)
5mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Software Engineer - AI Systems
Remote
AI
Europe (Remote)
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Software Engineer - Platform / Core Infrastructure - Americas
Remote
Engineering
US remote
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time