Cylance Stock
Antivirus & endpoint protection utilizing artificial intelligence
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About Cylance Stock
Cylance applies artificial intelligence, algorithmic science and machine learning to cybersecurity to prevent advanced security threats. Built on a predictive analysis process, the Cylance AI Platform serves as a foundation for the company's AI-driven security products to address critical attack vectors. The company’s flagship product, CylancePROTECT, aims to quickly and accurately identify what is benign and what is a threat, and prevent malicious code from executing on a targeted system. By coupling machine learning and artificial intelligence with an understanding of an attacker’s mentality, Cylance aims to provide technology and services that are predictive and preventive against advanced threats.Â
Since launch, Cylance's technology has been deployed for more than 3,400 customers, which include Fortune 100 organizations and governments, securing 14.5 million endpoints. As of January 2018, the company announced that GAAP revenue for the previous twelve months had exceeded $100 million.  Notable investors in Cylance include Blackstone, Khosla Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners, DFJ Growth and Dell. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.Â
Overview of Cylance's Technology:
Source: Cylance; Crunchbase; Bloomberg
Investors
Insight Venture Partners
Delivery Hero, Letgo, Twitter, Automattic, Papaya Global, Tintri, HelloFresh, Wiz, Tenable Network Security, Inc., Udemy
Khosla Ventures
Instacart, Stripe, DoorDash, Impossible Foods, Palantir Technologies, Commonwealth Fusion, View, Zenefits, Eat Just, Opendoor
DFJ Growth
Commonwealth Fusion, Avant, Hopin, DataRobot, Unity Technologies, Cohesity, Collective Health, Sysdig, Mapbox, Alchemy
Thomvest Ventures
Clari, Figure, Kabbage, Harness, Tala, Credijusto, LendUp, Ecobee, Cylance, PeerStreet
Funding History
July 2012 | $15.0M |
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February 2014 | $20.0M |
June 2015 | $42.5M |
June 2016 | $101M |
Management
CEO & Founder
Stuart McClure
Founder & Chief Scientist
Ryan Permeh
Chief Financial Officer
Brian Robins
Chief Information & Technology Officer
Kumud Kalia
President and COO
Daniel Doimo
Chief Security & Trust Officer
Malcolm Harkins
Chief People Officer
Vina Leite
Chief Marketing Officer
Grant Johnson
Press
Business Wire (press release) - Oct, 23 2018
Cylance Receives Emerging Business Investment AwardComputerworld New Zealand - Oct, 22 2018
Cylance keeps Property Brokers cyber-safeBusiness Wire (press release) - Oct, 22 2018
Fujitsu Chooses Cylance to Extend AI-Powered Endpoint Protection ...PC World - Oct, 14 2018
Cylance helps Australians stay smart onlineDevOps.com - Oct, 11 2018
Securonix Selects Cylance for End-to-End AI-Enabled Security Intelligence and Threat Prevention