# Cyberhaven

> Cyberhaven is a data security company that protects enterprises from data exfiltration and insider risk by tracing how information moves rather than just where it sits. Founded in 2016 by five PhD researchers with roots in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge, the company built a proprietary 'data lineage' engine and an AI layer, Linea AI, that combines Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Insider Risk Management, and AI security into one platform. Reaching a $1 billion valuation in April 2025 after a $100M Series D, Cyberhaven serves customers such as Snowflake, Motorola, Reddit, and major law firms.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Cristian Zamfir (Co-founder), Volodymyr Kuznetsov (Co-founder & CTO), George Candea (Co-founder), Radu Banabic (Co-founder), Vitaly Chipounov (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** 240+ employees
- **Products:** Cyberhaven Data Security Platform, Data Detection and Response (DDR), Linea AI, AI Security Controls
- **Notable:** Reached a $1 billion valuation in April 2025 - a roughly 7x increase in about a year., Raised $250M total across five rounds, including a $100M Series D led by StepStone Group., Grew from 18 employees in June 2020 to 240+ by 2025.

## Products & services

- **Cyberhaven Data Security Platform** — A unified platform combining DLP, DSPM, and Insider Risk Management on a single data model powered by proprietary data lineage that tracks how content originates and moves across endpoints, browsers, SaaS apps, collaboration tools, code repositories, and generative AI systems.
- **Data Detection and Response (DDR)** — Detects and responds to data risk in motion by following the full lineage and context of a file, rather than relying on static content scanning or pre-defined patterns.
- **Linea AI** — An autonomous AI system for data security built on a 'large lineage model' (LLiM). Its Detection Agent finds risky behavior without pre-defined policies, and its Analyst Agent autonomously investigates incidents using multimodal content understanding (images, screenshots, code, documents).
- **AI Security Controls** — Shadow AI Discovery, AI Usage Insights, AI Risk IQ, and AI Data Flow Control - tools to discover, monitor, and govern how employees send sensitive data to generative AI tools.

## Achievements

- Reached a $1 billion valuation in April 2025 - a roughly 7x increase in about a year.
- Raised $250M total across five rounds, including a $100M Series D led by StepStone Group.
- Grew from 18 employees in June 2020 to 240+ by 2025.
- Roots in the 2016 DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge; founders previously deployed security tools at Apple and Google.
- Customers report a 90% reduction in incidents requiring manual review and an 80% drop in mean time to respond using Linea AI.
- Introduced Linea AI, described as the first autonomous AI agent for data security, built on a 'large lineage model.'

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Raised $100M Series D led by StepStone Group, reaching a $1 billion valuation and $250M total funding.
- **2025-05** — Nishant Doshi named interim CEO as Howard Ting transitioned to the board of directors.
- **2025-04** — Spring 2025 product launch introduced AI security controls: Shadow AI Discovery, AI Usage Insights, AI Risk IQ, and AI Data Flow Control.
- **2025-03** — Introduced advanced AI content understanding and computer vision to protect sensitive data across images, screenshots, code, and documents.
- **2024-12** — Disclosed that attackers hijacked its Chrome extension via a phishing-based compromise to publish a malicious update; issued a rapid fix and public writeup.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cyberhaven.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyberhaven
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cyberhaveninc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberhaven
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/CyberhavenInc/

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Last updated: 2026-07-15