Cyera

Market position

Cyera describes itself as the first to converge DSPM, DLP, and identity into a single platform and, as of June 2026, as one of the most valuable privately held security companies globally at a $12 billion valuation. Israeli press reporting placed it among the most valuable Israeli startups, below Vast Data ($30 billion) and above DriveNets ($8.5 billion). It was described in January 2026 as one of the top-funded security startups of 2025 and one of the top 10 fastest-growing companies.

Cyera differentiates on agentless deployment (stated at about five minutes) and rapid time to value, an AI-native classification engine that learns business context rather than relying on static rules, and the unified convergence of DSPM, DLP, identity, and behavior in one platform. The company argues that the breadth of capabilities shipped and five completed acquisitions create coverage depth that is slow for competitors to replicate.

Technology

The platform uses an agentless architecture and an AI-native classification engine that auto-learns an organization's business context over time, stated to reach 95%+ precision and to classify exabytes of data. It combines classification, context, identities, usage, and movement into risk intelligence, and enforces access controls without disrupting existing pipelines. Capabilities span data at rest, in motion, and in use, for both human and AI-agent activity, with automation hooks into third-party workflow platforms.

Go-to-market

Cyera markets directly to enterprise security leadership (CISOs and security/data teams) through demo requests, published customer stories, compliance-oriented content, and a trust center for security reviews. It maintains a large field organization with sales and customer success roles across many U.S. regions and international offices, and has built strategic partnerships and ecosystem integrations with Microsoft Purview, AWS, Cohesity, and Snowflake.

Large enterprises and global organizations across financial services, retail, media and entertainment, healthcare, technology, energy, and telecommunications. Named or cited users include Paramount, Valvoline, Chipotle, AT&T, DocuSign, Peloton, Vetcor, Cass Information Systems, ACV, Mercury Financial, and Chevron. The company states it secures data and AI for 20% of the Fortune 500.

Geography

Dual headquarters in New York (1375 Broadway, New York, NY 10018) and Tel Aviv (Landmark Tower, Arania Osvaldo St 24, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel), with additional offices in London, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, Dallas, Toronto, and Sydney. The company reported operations in 15 countries as of January 2026, expanding to 18 countries across North America, EMEA, and APAC by June 2026.

History

Cyera was founded in 2021 by Yotam Segev and Tamar Bar-Ilan. It scaled through successive large financing rounds, reaching a $3 billion valuation in 2024, $6 billion in 2025, $9 billion in January 2026 with a $400 million Series F led by Blackstone, and $12 billion in June 2026 with a round led by Evolution Equity Partners. Alongside this, the company completed five acquisitions — Trail Security, Otterize, Shape AI, Ryft, and Genie Security — and expanded its product line from DSPM into DLP, identity, privacy, and agentic AI security.

Risks & controversies

Sources disclose a discrepancy in the reported size of the mid-2026 round: Cyera's press release states $600 million while Calcalist reported $300 million at the same $12 billion valuation. Several performance figures (74PB scanned in seven days, 80% risk reduction in three months) are company-stated and footnoted as based on a subset of customer examples. Acquisition prices for Genie Security, Ryft, and Trail Security are reported as estimates.