# Arxan

> Arxan Technologies develops application hardening, anti-tamper defenses, runtime self-protection and cryptographic key protection for software running on devices outside its maker’s control. Founded in 2001 from Purdue research, the company became part of Digital.ai in April 2020; its technology continues as Arxan Security.

- **Founded:** 2001
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States (historical Arxan headquarters)
- **Founders:** Eric Davis (Co-founder; early COO and CFO), Mikhail Atallah (Co-founder; Purdue computer science researcher), Tim Korb (Co-founder; Purdue computer science assistant head), John Rice (Co-founder; Purdue computer science professor), Hoi Chang (Co-founder; Purdue graduate researcher)
- **Products:** Arxan Security / Application Hardening, Key and Data Protection, App Aware / Threat Monitoring, Quick Protect Agent, Apperian App Management
- **Notable:** Commercialized software-guard research from Purdue University., More than 200 million computing devices protected, according to Purdue’s 2013 announcement., Majority investment by TA Associates in 2013.

## Products & services

- **Arxan Security / Application Hardening** — Adds obfuscation, anti-tamper defenses and runtime application self-protection to mobile, web and desktop applications. Continues within Digital.ai.
- **Key and Data Protection** — White-box cryptography protects cryptographic keys and operations in exposed application environments.
- **App Aware / Threat Monitoring** — Collects application attack telemetry, exposes alerts and integrates with security operations tools.
- **Quick Protect Agent** — Automates application hardening; the current v2 product uses AI-driven analysis to identify high-value code paths.
- **Apperian App Management** — Mobile application management and distribution technology acquired by Arxan in January 2017; now offered within Digital.ai.
- **Professional services** — Application protection implementation and security expertise; historically included red-team assessment services.

## Achievements

- Commercialized software-guard research from Purdue University.
- More than 200 million computing devices protected, according to Purdue’s 2013 announcement.
- Majority investment by TA Associates in 2013.
- Technology joined Digital.ai in April 2020.
- Grass Valley reports no received cracking reports affecting the protected application portions in Digital.ai’s published case material.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — As reviewed in October 2026, Digital.ai markets the product as Arxan Security and describes AI-driven Quick Protect Agent v2 analysis. This is a review date, not an asserted release date.
- **2026-10** — As reviewed in October 2026, Digital.ai’s platform documentation describes Bring Your Own LLM support, including routing AI requests from Arxan Security Quick Protect Agent through a customer-configured provider.
- **2024-09** — Digital.ai published the Grass Valley EDIUS application-piracy customer account.

## Links

- Website: https://digital.ai/products/application-security/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arxan-technologies
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/digitaldotai
- GitHub: https://github.com/digital-ai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6k61LnvJGuBpHqC0uuUQ-g
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalaisw/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitaldotai/

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Last updated: 2026-10-03