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Lumos

San Francisco, US · Founded 2020 · 163 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors

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Lumos builds autonomous security systems that protect companies' access and identity infrastructure in an AI-first world. The platform helps security and IT teams govern access permissions for organizations ranging from fast-scaling brands to enterprises with over 100,000 employees.

Founders & leadership

Lumos was founded in 2020 by Andrej Safundzic, Alan Flores-López, and Leo Mehr.

ASAndrej Safundzic
Andrej SafundzicinCo-founderCo-founder of Lumos, which builds autonomous security systems that govern access and identity permissions for organizations ranging from fast-scaling brands to large enterprises.
AFAlan Flores-López
Alan Flores-LópezinCo-founder
LMLeo Mehr
Leo MehrinCo-founder

Investors · 3

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$35M disclosed across 1 round · 2024

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Founder mafia

4 people who came through Lumos went on to found or lead other companies.

Competitors · 10

by search overlap
Netezza1188 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
Zluri824 shared keywordsZluri offers IVIP (Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platform), which discovers and inventories human and non-human identities across SaaS, cloud, and on-premises systems and maps their access paths through a unified identity graph. It provides continuous activity analysis and non-human identity governance to help security, IT, DevSecOps, and compliance teams detect and prioritize identity-related risks.
strongDM790 shared keywordsStrongDM provides privileged access management and identity governance for infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform centralizes access control, enforces zero standing privileges, and enables just-in-time provisioning for teams managing critical systems.
Okta643 shared keywordsOkta provides identity and access management products designed to protect the identities of workforce and customer users. The company serves enterprises and organizations that need to manage identity authentication and authorization across digital environments.
Sentinel One584 shared keywordsSentinelOne provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for enterprises that integrates endpoint protection, threat detection, and incident response capabilities. The company serves large enterprises, including many Fortune 500 organizations, to protect against cyber threats at scale.
Crowdstrike560 shared keywordsCrowdStrike provides an AI-native cybersecurity platform that unifies endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS, and AI protection to detect and stop breaches for enterprise organizations. It combines automated response with human-led security operations including managed detection and response, threat hunting, and security services.
Splunk542 shared keywordsSplunk offers a unified platform for security and observability that ingests and analyzes large-scale data across hybrid cloud environments. Its tools support security operations centers with analytics and automated response, and help teams monitor application and infrastructure performance.
Cloudeagle534 shared keywordsCloudEagle.ai is a SaaS management platform that gives enterprises a single command center to discover, secure, govern, and optimize their SaaS and AI applications, identities, access, licenses, and renewals. It serves IT, security, and procurement teams with tools for spend optimization, procurement workflows, access governance, and identity lifecycle management.
miniOrange519 shared keywordsminiOrange provides AI-integrated security and identity management solutions including AI agent authentication, personal data protection, code review automation, and behavioral risk detection for enterprise customers.
Palo Alto Networks508 shared keywordsPalo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity platforms and services to protect organizations' digital infrastructure across cloud, network, and security operations. The company serves enterprise organizations, governments, financial institutions, utilities, and healthcare providers globally.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Lumos do?
Lumos builds autonomous security systems that protect companies' access and identity infrastructure in an AI-first world. The platform helps security and IT teams govern access permissions for organizations ranging from fast-scaling brands to enterprises with over 100,000 employees.
Who founded Lumos?
Lumos was founded by Andrej Safundzic, Alan Flores-López, Leo Mehr in 2020.
Who are Lumos's investors?
Lumos's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Scale Venture Partners, Harpoon Ventures.
How much funding has Lumos raised?
Lumos has disclosed $35M raised across 1 round.
Where is Lumos headquartered?
Lumos is headquartered in San Francisco, US.