The cloud-native platform that patches, configures and secures every Windows, Mac and Linux device from a single console.
Automox's impossible-triangle mark, photographed like a Penrose puzzle - a shape that only works because every side depends on the others. Boulder, Colorado, est. 2015.
Most security money chases intruders already inside the building. Automox took the less glamorous position: keep the openings shut in the first place. Its bet is that patching - the least loved chore in IT - is exactly the kind of repetitive, high-stakes work that should run itself.
Automox is a Boulder, Colorado software company that builds a cloud-native platform for endpoint management. In plain terms, it keeps the operating systems and applications on a company's computers up to date, correctly configured, and free of the known holes that attackers walk through. It does this across Windows, macOS and Linux from one browser-based console, using a lightweight agent installed on each device rather than a room full of on-premises servers.
The company was founded in 2015 by Jay Prassl and Mark Manes, who had watched IT teams lose weekends to patch cycles stitched together from tools like WSUS, SCCM and a pile of scripts. Those legacy systems assumed an office, a network, and a badge on the wall. Automox assumed the opposite: a laptop on a kitchen table in another country. That single design choice - management from the cloud, wherever the device lives - explains most of what makes the product different.
The framing Automox uses is a clock. Close newly disclosed zero-day exploits within 24 hours, and critical vulnerabilities within 72. Speed, not feature count, is the pitch. When a serious flaw is announced, the gap between disclosure and patch is the window of exposure, and shrinking that window is the whole job.
It resonated with people who know the market. Dmitri Alperovitch, who co-founded CrowdStrike, joined as executive chair of the board - a notable endorsement for a category most investors find dull. Behind him came Insight Partners, Blackstone and Koch Disruptive Technologies, who together funded a climb from a $30 million Series B in 2020 to a $110 million Series C in 2021.
The security industry has done well identifying adversaries already inside infrastructure, but little innovation has been applied to proactively reduce the corporate attack surface by ensuring the windows and doors that attackers exploit are locked to begin with. — Jay Prassl, Co-founder
The platform started as automated patching and grew outward into a toolkit for running a whole fleet - including, since 2023, a generative-AI assistant that turns requests into working scripts.
Policy-driven patching for Windows, macOS and Linux plus 580+ third-party titles like Chrome, Firefox, Java and Adobe - on your schedule, without on-prem servers.
A generative-AI assistant. Describe a task in plain English and Otto builds the automation script for you - no PowerShell or Bash wrangling required.
A library of hundreds of reusable automation scripts so teams stop rewriting the same fix. Enforce configuration, deploy software, remediate at scale.
Run a command across up to 500 devices at once with near real-time feedback - for rapid testing, debugging and troubleshooting on live endpoints.
Push software remotely and take control of macOS and Windows endpoints from anywhere, via a Splashtop integration, to resolve issues fast.
A single pane of glass with device attribute data, role-based reporting and real-time visibility into endpoint and vulnerability posture.
Legacy patch tools carry hidden costs: patch servers to maintain, SQL licenses to buy, VPN tunnels for remote machines, and separate products for each operating system. Automox collapses that into a single cloud service and one cross-platform agent.
Data and operational insights will be the fuel that drives acceleration in IT operations in the coming years. — Jay Prassl, Co-founder
Roughly $154 million raised across its life, with the curve steepening sharply in 2021.
Led the $110M Series C in April 2021, the round that scaled the platform.
Led the $30M Series B and returned for the Series C.
Growth backers participating in the later rounds.
Early strategic investor alongside CRV, Accel and Gula Tech Adventures.
Automox grabbed my attention as a disruptor uniquely positioned to dominate endpoint and workload management transformation. — Dmitri Alperovitch, Executive Chair & CrowdStrike co-founder
More than 1,500 organizations across 30-plus countries run Automox to manage over 1.25 million endpoints. Customers span government, education, healthcare, financial services, retail and managed service providers - anywhere a distributed fleet of laptops needs to stay patched.
Publicly cited users and case studies include a broad mix of well-known names:
Automox competes in endpoint management and patch automation - a market long dominated by heavyweight, on-prem tooling. Its lane is the cloud-native, cross-platform, fast-to-deploy alternative.
Alternatives
Microsoft Intune & SCCM · Ivanti · Tanium · Qualys VMDR · NinjaOne · ManageEngine · PDQ Connect
Jay Prassl and Mark Manes start Automox to automate cloud-native patch and configuration management.
Gula Tech Adventures backs the company's early push into endpoint automation.
Koch Disruptive Technologies leads, with CRV, TechOperators and the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund.
Insight Partners leads a large raise, with Blackstone and Koch participating.
Tim Lucas named CEO; Automox wins Endpoint Security Solution Provider of the Year.
A generative-AI assistant that builds automation from plain-English prompts.
The former CMO takes the top job as Automox doubles down on autonomous endpoint management.
Automox is remote-first and distributed by design, a fit for a company that sells the ability to manage devices from anywhere. Its stated values - customer-obsessed, humbly courageous, curious, impactful and radically efficient - lean toward ownership and shipping. Small human touches show up too: flexible PTO and no-meeting Wednesdays, meant to protect focus time. It is Great Place To Work certified.
The expertise is concentrated where it matters for this category: cross-platform systems management, security operations, and the automation tooling that ties them together. The board underlines it. Dmitri Alperovitch, one of the more recognizable names in cybersecurity, serves as executive chair, and the investor roster is thick with security-focused funds. For a product whose job is to reduce a company's attack surface, that pedigree is part of the pitch.
Automox is a cloud-native platform that automates patching, configuration and vulnerability remediation for Windows, macOS and Linux devices from a single console, with no on-premises servers required.
Automox was founded in 2015 in Boulder, Colorado, by Jay Prassl and Mark Manes.
Otto is Automox's generative-AI assistant. It lets IT teams describe a task in plain English and instantly generate automation scripts - called Worklets - to run across their fleet.
Roughly $154 million total, including a $30M Series B in 2020 and a $110M Series C led by Insight Partners in 2021.
Alternatives include Microsoft Intune and SCCM, Ivanti, Tanium, Qualys, NinjaOne, ManageEngine and PDQ Connect.