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Tarsal

AcquiredYC S21

New York City, US · Founded 2021 · 10 employees · 2 known investors

Monad is a security data pipeline platform that normalizes, filters, enriches, and routes security telemetry from any source to optimize SIEM costs and reduce alert noise for security teams.

Also known as V-diff · vdiff · Monad

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)

Tarsal was founded in 2021 by Sunny Rekhi and Manny Gundampalli.

SRSunny Rekhi
Sunny Rekhiin𝕏Co-founder · CEO2022–2025Sunny Rekhi is cofounder and CEO of Tarsal, which was acquired.
MGManny Gundampalli
Manny Gundampalliin𝕏Co-founder · CEO2022–2025

Investors · 2

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$6M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2024

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

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Monad operates a managed ETL (extract, transform, load) platform for security telemetry. The product connects to an organization's existing security tools, ingests their logs and findings, and then normalizes, filters, enriches, and routes that data into destinations such as a SIEM, a security data lake, or archival storage. The company positions the platform as sitting "to the left of" the SIEM: rather than replacing detection tooling, it controls and shapes the data that reaches it so that only high-value, actionable records are ingested into higher-cost systems.

Core capabilities include managed data pipelines that require no custom parsers or professional-services implementation, in-flight data transforms for filtering and normalization, and rule-based routing that directs records to different destinations based on their contents. The company states that filtering can remove up to 70% of low-value data before it reaches paid storage. The platform is offered as SaaS, on-premises, or hybrid deployments, and exposes REST APIs and SDKs with Python and Go usage supported. Prebuilt integrations listed include Splunk, Tines Events, Duo admin activity logs, Wiz findings, Semgrep findings, CrowdStrike vulnerabilities, CISA KEV, Azure activity logs, AWS CloudTrail, Okta audit logs, GitHub audit logs, and Google Cloud audit logs; universal S3 and HTTP input/output connectors cover sources without a dedicated integration.

For data protection, the company describes TLS 1.3 or SSL for data in transit, per-customer encryption keys for data at rest, a hierarchical key structure in which a key-encrypting key protects the content-encrypting key, and a hardware security module for key management.

Business model

Monad sells a managed security data pipeline platform to enterprise security teams, delivered as SaaS or as an on-premises or hybrid deployment. Adoption is positioned around self-service onboarding without implementation consultants or professional services.

The company markets a public beta that includes 1 TB per month of throughput at no cost with access to all platform features, alongside free trials and demos as entry points.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

Market position

Positioned as a complement to, rather than a replacement for, SIEM and security data lake platforms, serving as the data pipeline layer upstream of those systems.

The company emphasizes rapid connection of security tools without custom parsers or professional services, developer-oriented access via documented APIs and SDKs rather than a proprietary language, deployment choice across SaaS, on-premises and hybrid, and cost reduction through filtering data before it reaches expensive storage.

Technology

An ETL pipeline for security data that ingests from connected tools, normalizes records to customer-defined schemas, enriches and filters them in flight, and routes them by rule based on content. Universal S3 and HTTP connectors extend coverage beyond prebuilt integrations, and access is available via REST API and SDKs. The architecture is described as absorbing 10x log spikes without capacity planning or performance tuning. Security controls include TLS 1.3/SSL in transit, individualized customer encryption keys at rest, a key-encrypting-key hierarchy, and HSM-based key management.

Go-to-market

Self-service acquisition through free trial sign-up, a public beta with a free monthly data allowance, product demos, and an integrations catalog where prospects can request new connectors; connector prioritization is driven by customers and active evaluators.

Enterprise security teams and security operations organizations that manage high volumes of telemetry across multiple tools and pay for SIEM ingestion and storage.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Data volume reduction from in-flight filtering (company-stated)Jan 2025up to 70% of low-value data stripped out
Free tier throughput allowance in public betaJan 20251 TB per month
HeadcountAug 20264

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 1

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2025
Monad platform available in public beta

The company states its security data pipeline platform is available in public beta, offering 1 TB/month free with access to all features.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Tarsal do?
Monad is a security data pipeline platform that normalizes, filters, enriches, and routes security telemetry to cut SIEM costs.
Who founded Tarsal?
Tarsal was founded by Sunny Rekhi, Manny Gundampalli in 2021.
Who are Tarsal's investors?
Tarsal's investors include Y Combinator, Harpoon Ventures.
How much funding has Tarsal raised?
Tarsal has disclosed $6M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is Tarsal headquartered?
Tarsal is headquartered in New York City, US.