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The 47-Year-Old Bet That Tape Would Outlive the Cloud
Spectra Logic built a durable business around an unfashionable truth: most data does not need to be instantly online, but some of it must survive for decades. Its answer combines robotic tape libraries, object interfaces and archive software - with economics that become persuasive at petabyte scale.
Huntress
Huntress is a Maryland-based managed cybersecurity company that brings enterprise-grade protection to small and mid-sized businesses and the IT providers who serve them. Founded in 2015 by three former NSA cyber operators, it pairs lightweight software agents with a 24/7 human-led, AI-assisted Security Operations Center to detect, investigate, and remediate threats across endpoints, identities, Microsoft 365, and logs. What began with $100,000 in DEF CON Capture the Flag winnings has grown into a cybersecurity unicorn protecting roughly 150,000 businesses and surpassing $100M in annual recurring revenue.
Menlo Security Inc.
Menlo Security is a Mountain View-based cybersecurity company that pioneered cloud-based remote browser isolation and now sells a Secure Enterprise Browser used by global banks, governments and Fortune 500s to keep web-based malware, phishing and AI-era threats off employee endpoints.
Mimic
Mimic is a Palo Alto-based enterprise cybersecurity company building a dedicated ransomware defense platform. Its SaaS detects ransomware in fractions of a second, deflects attacks before damage is done, and lets organizations recover in seconds instead of weeks - all while letting threat actors think they succeeded.