Prophet Security
Atherton, US · 35 employees · 4 known investors
Prophet Security offers an agentic AI platform for security operations centers (SOCs), using a set of AI agents to autonomously investigate alerts, hunt threats, and optimize detection coverage. It serves enterprise security operations teams and integrates with existing security tools.
Also known as Prophet Agentic AI SOC Platform · Prophet AI
Founders & leadership
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Investors · 4
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$30M disclosed across 1 of 4 rounds · 2025–2026
- $30MSeries AJul 2025 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Prophet Security develops the Prophet Agentic AI SOC Platform ("Prophet AI"), a set of AI agents intended to carry out security operations center work across the alert lifecycle. The platform comprises an AI SOC Analyst that autonomously investigates alerts from across a customer's security stack, collects evidence, produces auditable step-by-step determinations in plain language, and can contain confirmed threats through scoped response actions either autonomously or with human sign-off; an AI Threat Hunter that lets analysts query alerts, contextual data, and threat feeds in natural language, runs proactive and scheduled/recurring hunts, and provides a library of pre-codified hunt templates; and an AI Detection Engineer (earlier described as Detection Advisor) that maps detection coverage against MITRE ATT&CK using evidence from the customer's own investigations and hunts, then authors new detections and tunes noisy ones with backtesting before approval. A service layer, AI Watchtower, adds human experts reviewing every malicious determination 24x7x365 with validated escalations stated to arrive in under 30 minutes.
The company positions the product as a complement to, rather than a replacement for, existing tooling: it integrates with hundreds of security tools out of the box, including SIEM, EDR, identity, email, cloud, network, security data lakes, threat intelligence feeds, and collaboration or case management systems. Deployment is described as dedicated single-tenant with a bring-your-own-key option and no training of AI models on personal data. According to a February 2026 trade report, the platform is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and customers include Fortune 500 companies and enterprises in financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Business model
Enterprise software sold to security operations teams, deployed as a dedicated single-tenant service that integrates with a customer's existing security stack; the company also offers a human-expert review service tier (AI Watchtower). Job postings reference channel partners including value-added resellers, systems integrators, and strategic software partners, indicating both direct and partner-led sales.
Traction
Customer testimonials describe cutting alert queues from thousands to dozens, reducing investigation time from hours to minutes at Cabinetworks, and delivering the throughput of a team five times larger at Clari. A trade report states investigation times are reduced by up to 90% and that the customer base includes Fortune 500 companies across financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing. Published case studies cover Clari, Cabinetworks, Zip, Upwind, JB Poindexter & Co, a national health provider, and two Fortune 500 enterprises.
Latest developments
In February 2026 the company announced a strategic funding round of undisclosed size backed by Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, Accel, and Bain Capital Ventures, to be used for adoption of the Prophet Agentic AI SOC Platform, product development in threat hunting and incident response, and global expansion. In July 2026 it introduced the Prophet AI Detection Engineer, which builds a live MITRE ATT&CK coverage map from a customer's investigations and authors and backtests detections. It also published the State of AI in the SOC 2026 report, based on a survey of 250 security leaders and practitioners, and ran hunts for an emerging SharePoint zero-day (CVE-2026-58644).
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Operates in the emerging AI SOC / agentic AI security operations category, positioned against legacy SIEM and SOAR investments that the company argues added complexity without reducing analyst workload. The company references third-party market coverage such as a Gartner report on evaluating AI SOC agents and an SACR AI SOC Market Landscape 2025 report.
Stated differentiators include breadth across the full security operations lifecycle (investigation and response, threat hunting, and closed-loop detection engineering) rather than triage alone; explainable, auditable investigations that "show their work"; adaptation to customer-specific context and policies with backtesting; enterprise deployment controls (single-tenant, bring-your-own-key, no training on personal data); and integration with existing tools without replacement. Accel partner Eric Wolford cited real-world traction and delivering autonomy while showing the work as differentiating.
Technology
A constellation of AI agents applying flexible, explainable reasoning rather than rigid playbooks to emulate how an experienced human analyst investigates. Agents retrieve and correlate data across cloud, endpoint, and identity sources, produce auditable investigation trails, learn and adapt to a customer's context and policies with preview and backtesting, and build live MITRE ATT&CK coverage maps from completed investigations. Delivery is single-tenant with a bring-your-own-key option and no model training on personal data.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales supported by demo requests, plus a channel program managed by a Head of Channels and Alliances covering resellers, systems integrators, and software partners. Marketing includes case studies with named customers, webinars, podcasts, conference presence at events such as Health-ISAC New Jersey, ISSA Nashville, and GPSEC Philadelphia and Miami, and research publications including the State of AI in the SOC reports (the 2026 edition surveying 250 security leaders and practitioners), a Definitive Guide to AI SOC Agents, and syndicated third-party analyst reports.
Enterprise security operations teams, including Tier 1, 2, and 3 SOC analysts, security engineers, and CISOs. Named or referenced customers include Cabinetworks, Clari, Zip, Upwind, JB Poindexter & Co (JBPCO), a national health provider, a Fortune 500 retail and logistics firm, and a Fortune 500 global manufacturer; a trade report cites Fortune 500 companies and enterprises across financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Geography
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, per a February 2026 trade report, with US remote roles posted and stated intent to scale its reach to security teams globally; marketing events listed are in the United States.
History
The company publicly launched its Agentic AI SOC Platform alongside a $30 million Series A led by Accel announced on July 29, 2025, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures and other strategic investors. In February 2026 it disclosed an additional strategic funding round of undisclosed size with Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, Accel, and Bain Capital Ventures participating. Product scope expanded over 2025-2026 from alert investigation toward threat hunting and detection engineering, with the AI Detection Engineer introduced in a July 2026 blog post.
Risks & controversies
Publicly available quantitative claims (for example, up to 90% reduction in investigation time and headcount-equivalent multipliers) originate from the company or its customers rather than independent testing. Funding disclosure is incomplete: the February 2026 strategic round amount and valuation were not disclosed. One trade source renders the co-founder's surname as "Sreeshankar" while the company site lists "Sreekanti," indicating source inconsistency.
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 · 4
launches, deals, and filingsAgent that builds a live MITRE ATT&CK coverage map from a customer's own investigations, then authors and backtests detections to close identified gaps.
Backers included Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, Accel and Bain Capital Ventures; proceeds intended to advance platform adoption, accelerate product development for threat hunting and incident response, and expand globally.
Prophet Security announced a $30 million Series A led by Accel with participation from Bain Capital Ventures and other strategic investors, used to fund the launch and expansion of its Agentic AI SOC Platform.
$30M source ↗
Launched a platform comprising Prophet AI SOC Analyst (autonomous alert investigation), Prophet AI Threat Hunter, and Prophet AI Detection Advisor.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Prophet Securityprophetsecurity.ai · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Prophet Security do?
- Prophet Security builds an agentic AI SOC platform whose AI agents investigate alerts, hunt threats, and engineer detections.
- Who founded Prophet Security?
- Prophet Security was founded by Vibhav Sreekanti, Kamal Shah.
- Who are Prophet Security's investors?
- Prophet Security's investors include Accel, Amex Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Citi Ventures.
- How much funding has Prophet Security raised?
- Prophet Security has disclosed $30M raised across 1 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is Prophet Security headquartered?
- Prophet Security is headquartered in Atherton, US.