Authentic8
Redwood City, US · Founded 2010 · 127 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
Authentic8 provides secure browsing and online investigation tools, with certifications including FedRAMP and SOC 2 aimed at government and enterprise customers. The page is a company overview hub linking to sections on leadership, careers, and certifications.
Also known as Authentic8, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Authentic8 was founded in 2010 by Scott Petry and Ramesh Rajagopal.
Investors · 7
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$12M disclosed across 1 round · 2025
- $12MraisedOct 2025 · 2 sources
Vistara Growth (lead)
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Authentic8 develops Silo, a cloud-based platform for digital investigations that lets analysts access and collect material from the surface, deep and dark web, social platforms and messaging apps without connecting those environments to their own networks. Silo Workspace runs each application in an isolated container so content encountered during an investigation cannot reach the user's systems, and it provides managed attribution so investigators can control how they appear online. According to the company, the Managed Attribution Network offers click-and-go access to more than 700 endpoints across more than 100 regions, with last-mile options including ISP, mobile, Tor and broader dark web access, allowing users to configure geography, network and browser fingerprint to match a target environment.
The platform supports capture, analysis, reporting and sharing workflows, including screenshots, page source, file downloads and encrypted cloud storage of artifacts organized by case, along with real-time inline translation and audit logging for oversight and compliance. Silo Workspace includes Nexus AI, described by the company as guided, contextual AI-assisted analysis intended to speed investigations and suggest pivots, and Silo Marketplace, which supplies approved extensions, integrations and third-party investigative tools. Authentic8 also markets Silo for Research and offers free trials and demos.
Use cases the company markets include cyber threat intelligence, SOC and incident response, OSINT and publicly available information collection, fraud and brand protection, financial crime and AML investigations, corporate and executive security, trust and safety, and law enforcement.
Founding story
Authentic8 was co-founded in 2010 by Scott Petry, previously the founder of Postini, around the idea of a cloud-executed virtual browser that isolates the user from web code while preserving a full-fidelity browsing experience. Co-founder Ramesh Rajagopal, now CEO, had previously been VP of Corporate Development at Postini and a Senior Director in Microsoft's Corporate Strategy Group.
Business model
Authentic8 sells access to its cloud-delivered Silo platform to organizational investigation teams, with entry paths including free trials and requested demos; administrators can enforce access, data and usage policies, monitor activity and scale deployments across teams, and extend the product with third-party apps and extensions through Silo Marketplace.
Sold as a cloud service to organizations, with trials and demos as the entry point to paid use of the Silo platform.
Traction
The company states that more than 750 intelligence teams use Silo.
Latest developments
Recent company communications describe Silo Marketplace, which brings approved extensions, integrations and curated OSINT tools into Silo Workspace, and version 2 of the Silo Nexus AI assistant for guided investigative analysis.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Authentic8 positions Silo as a unified platform spanning the intelligence lifecycle for investigations conducted inside the threat space, and states it is trusted by more than 750 intelligence teams.
The company emphasizes combining full isolation of investigative activity from the user's network with managed attribution across browser, messaging and analytical tools under a single consistent identity profile, plus case-organized evidence capture and administrative policy, monitoring and audit controls.
Technology
Cloud-executed isolated browsing and application containers that keep web content off the user's network; a managed attribution network of 700+ endpoints in 100+ regions with ISP, mobile, Tor and dark web egress options; configurable geography, network and browser fingerprint profiles; evidence capture (screenshots, source code, downloads) into encrypted cloud storage; inline translation; encrypted audit logs; and the Nexus AI assistant for guided analysis.
Go-to-market
The company markets directly to investigation and security teams through its website with free trials and demo requests, publishes a blog covering OSINT, dark web, managed attribution and SOC topics, and holds certifications such as FedRAMP and SOC 2 relevant to public-sector buyers; its chief revenue officer previously led government cybersecurity sales at immixGroup.
Intelligence and investigation teams in cyber threat intelligence, security operations centers, OSINT units, fraud and brand protection, financial crime and AML, corporate security, trust and safety, and law enforcement, across public and private sectors.
Geography
Headquartered in Redwood City, California; the platform provides access endpoints spanning more than 100 regions, and executives include staff based outside Northern Virginia.
History
Scott Petry, who founded Postini in 1999 and remained at Google as Director of Product Management for Google Enterprise after Postini's 2007 acquisition, co-founded Authentic8 in 2010 as a secure virtual browser designed to address the lack of security in the protocols used to access the web; its flagship product Silo executes in the cloud to isolate users from web code. The product line has since expanded into a broader digital investigations platform including Silo Workspace, the Nexus AI assistant and the Silo Marketplace.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsAuthentic8 introduced Silo Marketplace, which brings approved extensions, integrations and curated digital investigation tools into Silo Workspace.
Silo Workspace now includes Nexus AI, an AI-assisted guided analysis capability; a company blog post describes what is new in Silo Nexus AI v2.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
ICE relies on covert browsing infrastructure to monitor online activity | Biometric Updatebiometricupdate.com · Jul 2026▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Authentic8authentic8.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Authentic8 do?
- Authentic8 makes Silo, a cloud-isolated, managed-attribution workspace for digital investigations and OSINT.
- Who founded Authentic8?
- Authentic8 was founded by Scott Petry, Ramesh Rajagopal in 2010.
- Who are Authentic8's investors?
- Authentic8's investors include ClearSky, Eastward Capital Partners, Foundry, Merus Capital, Razor's Edge Ventures, Shield Capital, Vistara Growth.
- How much funding has Authentic8 raised?
- Authentic8 has disclosed $12M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Authentic8 headquartered?
- Authentic8 is headquartered in Redwood City, US.