OpenHack

Active · Always-on AI security engineer

YC F26

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Competitors

winfuncShared: security engineer, false positive, vulnerabilityYC S24San FranciscoStartup →OtherInactive

Patchwork SecurityShared: security engineerYC W16San FranciscoStartup →Developer tools

KonduktoShared: security engineer, cybersecurity, vulnerability500 Global 2019TurkeyStartup →AI

PalisadeShared: cybersecurity, vulnerability, findYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AI

CorgeaShared: false positive, cybersecurity, vulnerabilityYC S23San FranciscoStartup →

Companies closest to OpenHack
Company	Category	Status	Program
winfuncShared: security engineer, false positive, vulnerabilityYC S24ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS24
Patchwork SecurityShared: security engineerYC W16InactiveOther	Other	Inactive	YCW16
KonduktoShared: security engineer, cybersecurity, vulnerability500 Global 2019Not statedDevtools	Devtools	Not stated	500 Global2019
PalisadeShared: cybersecurity, vulnerability, findYC S26ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS26
CorgeaShared: false positive, cybersecurity, vulnerabilityYC S23ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active	YCS23

Adjacent

Veria LabsShared: cybersecurity, vulnerability, pentestingYC F25San FranciscoStartup →AIAcquired

BitPatrolShared: devsecops, cybersecurity, realYC X25New York CityStartup →AI

PromptArmorShared: cybersecurityYC W24San FranciscoStartup →AI

Gecko SecurityShared: cybersecurity, vulnerability, verifyYC F24LondonStartup →AI

ZeroPathShared: cybersecurity, vulnerability, engineerYC S24San FranciscoStartup →

Companies next to OpenHack
Company	Category	Status	Program
Veria LabsShared: cybersecurity, vulnerability, pentestingYC F25ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCF25
BitPatrolShared: devsecops, cybersecurity, realYC X25AcquiredAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Acquired	YCX25
PromptArmorShared: cybersecurityYC W24ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW24
Gecko SecurityShared: cybersecurity, vulnerability, verifyYC F24ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCF24
ZeroPathShared: cybersecurity, vulnerability, engineerYC S24ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active	YCS24

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DeepMarkA live watermark inside AI voice that survives phone callsYC F26San FranciscoStartup →AI

RoutantLast mile deployment and connectivity for Agents as a ServiceYC F26San FranciscoStartup →

Company	Category	Status
Armorer LabsContinuous security verification for AI systems in regulated…team of 2ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active
StacktraceSee and control what your agents actually doteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active
0.securityThe autonomous cybersecurity teamteam of 2ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active
ComposalSwarms of agents acting like users to find bugs before releaseteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active
DeepMarkA live watermark inside AI voice that survives phone callsteam of 5ActiveAI	AI	Active
RoutantLast mile deployment and connectivity for Agents as a ServiceActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active

About OpenHack

OpenHack is an always on AI Security Engineer. OpenHack understands your business, system design and developer intent like a real security engineer. It ingests all this context to find the hardest vulnerabilities through AI codebase scanning, AI pentesting and Supply Chain Security. It verifies and prioritizes vulnerabilities automatically, and filters out false positives like a real security engineer drastically reducing overhead.

YC batch: F26 · Fall 2026
Status, per YC: Active
Category: AI, Developer tools
Team size: 1
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked: 4d ago

YC tags: DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, AI