# RAD Security

> RAD Security is a San Francisco cloud-native security company that pairs runtime telemetry with agentic AI to help teams detect, investigate, and respond to threats across Kubernetes and cloud environments. Founded in 2021 as KSOC and rebranded RAD Security in 2024, it builds behavioral, eBPF-driven detection and a roster of AI 'RADBots' that triage alerts, generate compliance evidence, and automate security workflows. The company raised a $14M Series A in February 2025, bringing total funding to about $20M.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Brooke Motta (Co-Founder & CEO), Jimmy Mesta (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~39-46 employees
- **Products:** Agentic AI SecOps Platform, RADBots, Cloud Detection and Response (CDR), AI-Powered Incident Investigation, KSPM (Kubernetes Security Posture Management)
- **Notable:** Only company selected as a finalist in both the RSA Conference 2024 Innovation Sandbox and the Black Hat USA 2024 Startup Spotlight, Won the audience choice / Startup Spotlight award at Black Hat USA 2024, Rebranded from KSOC to RAD Security in March 2024 to reflect expanded detection and response scope

## Products & services

- **Agentic AI SecOps Platform** — A unified cloud-native security platform combining agentic AI, runtime intelligence, and SecOps automation for autonomous detection, decision, and response.
- **RADBots** — Named, autonomous AI digital workers with defined roles - VulnBot for posture, CloudBot for detection and response, GRCBot for compliance reporting, and Ask RADBot for investigation and follow-up.
- **Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)** — Runtime security using eBPF-driven behavioral fingerprinting to establish baselines and detect deviations that indicate malicious activity or insider threats.
- **AI-Powered Incident Investigation** — Uses large language models to automatically analyze behavioral detections and separate malicious activity from benign noise across infrastructure and identity.
- **KSPM (Kubernetes Security Posture Management)** — Real-time Kubernetes posture management - the original KSOC product that remains a core part of the platform.
- **ITDR (Identity Threat Detection & Response)** — Cloud-native identity threat detection and response for catching attackers abusing valid identities and programs.

## Achievements

- Only company selected as a finalist in both the RSA Conference 2024 Innovation Sandbox and the Black Hat USA 2024 Startup Spotlight
- Won the audience choice / Startup Spotlight award at Black Hat USA 2024
- Rebranded from KSOC to RAD Security in March 2024 to reflect expanded detection and response scope
- Reported 3x ARR growth and 100% retention in the year leading up to the rebrand
- Raised $14M Series A in February 2025, bringing total funding to ~$20M

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Raised $14M Series A led by Cheyenne Ventures to expand its AI-driven cloud defense platform.
- **2025** — Unveiled new features for RADBots, its agentic AI-powered digital security workers.
- **2024-08** — Launched the first AI-powered incident investigation for behavioral detection and response.
- **2024-04** — Named a finalist in the RSA Conference 2024 Innovation Sandbox Contest.
- **2024-03** — Rebranded from KSOC to RAD Security, broadening scope into behavioral detection and response.

## Links

- Website: https://radsecurity.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/radsecurity
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/RADSecurity_
- GitHub: https://github.com/rad-security
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBRtajBDmwetVJ8j0soVLGQ

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Last updated: 2026-07-10