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Tarique Mustafa
Tarique Mustafa is a Silicon Valley cybersecurity founder, engineer and AI researcher who serves as CEO, CTO and founder of Chorology, Inc., a San Jose company applying deep AI to automate data discovery, classification, mapping and compliance enforcement for enterprises. A serial entrepreneur with two prior startups that ended in acquisitions, he previously founded GhangorCloud, a pioneer of fourth-generation data leak prevention, and held senior roles at Symantec, MCI WorldCom and others. He holds dual master's degrees and did PhD research in AI at USC, and holds multiple patents in deep AI.
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.
Bedrock Data
Bedrock Data is a Menlo Park, California data security company that builds an AI-native data security posture management (DSPM) platform. Its Metadata Lake technology discovers, classifies and tracks sensitive data across cloud, SaaS and AI systems at petabyte scale, giving enterprises visibility into what data they have, who can access it and how it moves - without copying that data out of a customer's environment.
Relyance AI
Relyance AI is a San Francisco-based enterprise software company that maps how data actually moves through an organization - from source code and cloud infrastructure to third-party apps and AI models - and continuously checks that movement against customer contracts, privacy regulations, and compliance frameworks. Founded in 2020 by Abhi Sharma and Leila Golchehreh, the company sells an AI-native data governance and security platform used by companies including Coinbase, Snowflake, Notion, Plaid, and Canva. It raised a $32M Series B in October 2024 led by Thomvest Ventures, bringing total funding to roughly $62-67M.
Proofpoint
Proofpoint is a cybersecurity and compliance company that protects organizations against the threats that target people - email attacks, data loss, and insider risk. Founded in 2002, it became the first SaaS-based cybersecurity vendor to cross $1B in annual revenue, was taken private by Thoma Bravo for $12.3B in 2021, and today runs a 'human-centric' security platform spanning email defense, data security, and identity threat protection used by a majority of the Fortune 100.
Seclore
Seclore is a data-centric security company that protects sensitive files and emails wherever they travel - across any user, device, app, or cloud. Its browser-based ARMOR platform unifies Data Security Posture Management, AI-powered Data Loss Prevention, data classification, and Enterprise Digital Rights Management so organizations keep persistent, granular control over data even after it leaves their walls. Founded in India in 2008 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Seclore serves more than 2,000 enterprises and government bodies across roughly 29 countries.
Rubrik
Rubrik is a Palo Alto-based cyber resilience company that helps organizations protect, recover, and secure their data across cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments. Built on Zero Trust principles, its Rubrik Security Cloud platform combines immutable backups, ransomware detection, and rapid recovery so businesses can keep running through a cyberattack. Founded in 2014 and public on the NYSE since 2024, Rubrik crossed $1 billion in subscription ARR and is pushing into AI-era data security.