CyberFend

YC W15 · Acquired · Cyberfend delivers robust, real-time web and mobile security by…

Competitors

Companies closest to CyberFend
Company	Category	Status	Program
OverwatchShared: fraud prevention, cybersecurity, detectActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS22
Tinfoil SecurityShared: mobile security, cybersecurity, webNot statedDevtools	Devtools	Not stated	500 GlobalGA 2
Dyneti TechnologiesShared: payment fraud, securityActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW19
CandorShared: false positive, cybersecurity, protectActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW25
CorgeaShared: false positive, cybersecurity, applicationActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active	YCS23

Adjacent

Companies next to CyberFend
Company	Category	Status	Program
SnapDNAShared: zero false, near zero, false positiveNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	Plug and Play
PromptArmorShared: cybersecurityActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW24
Traversal NetworksShared: detection system, machine learning, cybersecurityInactiveAI	AI	Inactive	YCS15
winfuncShared: zero false, false positive, securityActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS24
BitPatrolShared: cybersecurity, credential, protectAcquiredAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Acquired	YCX25

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About CyberFend

Cyberfend offers a robust security solution to protect your web and mobile applications from sophisticated attacks and fraudulent activity. Cyberfend's solution detects account take-over, payment fraud and the use of stolen credentials. All of these problems are relevant to every consumer facing web and mobile product/service. Cyberfend’s solution uses a new security paradigm – human cognitive science coupled with advanced machine learning. The result is a robust detection system with near zero false positives and false negatives. Today Cyberfend protects nearly a billion login and payment transactions every month for many large e-commerce, web and payment customers. Cyberfend's product is at the intersection of almost every single cutting edge technology today : a) Our core product employs heavy machine learning b) On the backed, our product is cloud based and deals with enormous scale (customers are directing significant portions of their traffic to us) c) On the front end we need to deal with both web and mobile (IOS, SDK) challenges.Please visit us at: www.cyberfend.com. Cyberfend is backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel and A Capital. Cyberfend was acquired by Akamai Technologies in December 2016.

YC batch: W15 · Winter 2015
Status, per YC: Acquired
Category: AI
Team size: 2
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA; Santa Clara, CA, USA
Checked: 33m ago

YC tags: Cybersecurity, Fraud Prevention

CyberFend in W15: 110 companies, 24% AI

CyberFend: questions

Which YC batch was CyberFend in?

CyberFend was in Y Combinator's Winter 2015 batch (W15).

Is CyberFend still active?

Y Combinator lists CyberFend as acquired.

Where is CyberFend based?

CyberFend lists San Francisco, CA, USA; Santa Clara, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.

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