# Material Security

> Material Security is a San Francisco cloud workspace security company that protects email, files, and accounts inside Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. Founded in 2017 by three ex-Dropbox engineers, it assumes attackers will eventually get in - and locks down the sensitive data they came for, instead of stacking yet another perimeter.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Ryan Noon (Co-Founder & Chairman (former CEO)), Abhishek Agrawal (Co-Founder & CEO), Chris Park (Co-Founder & VP Engineering)
- **Team size:** ~86 employees
- **Products:** Email Security, File Security, Account Security, OAuth Remediation Agent, Posture Management
- **Notable:** Reached unicorn status in 2022 with a $1.1B valuation, Raised $184M+ across four rounds from a16z and Founders Fund, Built customer base including OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Reddit, Figma and Lyft

## Products & services

- **Email Security** — Detection and remediation for sophisticated email attacks that bypass native Google and Microsoft controls.
- **File Security** — Protects sensitive content in Drive and SharePoint, reducing data sprawl and over-shared documents.
- **Account Security** — Detects risky behavior and contains account takeover threats in real time.
- **OAuth Remediation Agent** — Discovers and removes malicious or risky third-party OAuth applications connected to a tenant.
- **Posture Management** — Continuously monitors and remediates misconfiguration drift across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

## Achievements

- Reached unicorn status in 2022 with a $1.1B valuation
- Raised $184M+ across four rounds from a16z and Founders Fund
- Built customer base including OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Reddit, Figma and Lyft
- Emerged from stealth in 2020 after three years of quiet development under code name Stellarite

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Launched OAuth Remediation Agent to detect and revoke malicious third-party app access.
- **2025-04** — Hosted 'Security Theater Live' event in Austin.
- **2023** — Co-founder Ryan Noon moved from CEO to Chairman; Abhishek Agrawal took over as CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://material.security
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/materialsecurity
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/material_sec
- GitHub: https://github.com/materialsecurity

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Last updated: 2026-05-19