Is Cyble profitable in 2026?

Cyble has disclosed no audited revenue or profitability figures. It has raised no new funding since a Nov 2023 Series B extension, a 32-month gap as of mid-2026, which could mean quiet profitability or difficulty raising a new round; no public confirmation either way exists.

Has Cyble had layoffs?

No layoffs have been publicly reported. Independent tracker Crustdata shows headcount at 233 as of June 2026, down about 1% year over year from 224 in April 2024, described as flat-to-slightly-declining rather than a confirmed layoff event.

Could AI replace Cyble's threat intelligence service?

Cyble's core dark-web scraping, correlation, and alert-triage workflows are increasingly commoditized by generalized AI/LLM tools. What resists replacement is its proprietary darknet data dataset and government/law-enforcement relationships (Cyble Hawk), though these are not exclusive to Cyble.

Cyble is privately held and VC-backed, founded in 2019 by CEO Beenu Arora and COO Manish Chachada. It has no parent company; investors include Blackbird Ventures, King River Capital, and Summit Peak Investments from its 2022-2023 funding rounds.

Who is Cyble's biggest competitor?

Cyble competes against Mastercard-owned Recorded Future (acquired 2024, 1,900+ clients across 80 countries), CrowdStrike in the endpoint security space via Cyble Titan launched May 2025, and Flashpoint, a fellow Challenger in Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant.

Has Cyble raised a Series C?

No. As of mid-2026, Cyble's most recent funding was a $6.2M Series B extension in November 2023, bringing that round to $30.2M total. No Series C or new round has been publicly announced in the roughly 32 months since.

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Cyble

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Cyble runs an AI-driven threat intelligence platform tracking darknet chatter for enterprises and governments.

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Assessed 26 July 2026 · Evidence as of 26 July 2026

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On the recordSince 26 July 2026 · Checkable from May 2027 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Next Gartner Magic Quadrant update for threat intelligence platforms

The call

Cyble holds real data and government ties in a field where Mastercard, CrowdStrike, and Microsoft are all building or buying similar coverage, and its funding silence leaves the outcome unclear.

Cyble collects and sells information about hacking threats and security risks that companies need to know about. It has built real advantages, like exclusive access to hacker forums and relationships with government agencies, but these are not impossible for giant rivals to copy. Mastercard owns a much larger competitor called Recorded Future; CrowdStrike and Microsoft are also moving into this space and have way more money and customers to bundle these services into their existing products. The one thing that could change everything is whether Cyble can raise more funding in the next year and whether the big players decide to build their own threat information systems instead of buying smaller companies like Cyble.

Why

AI pressure: Generic LLM-based threat correlation and alert triage tools. No frontier lab has shipped a competing CTI product yet, but generalized AI scraping and correlation could commoditize this work over time. Could AI do the core job? Only partly.

Bigger players: Mastercard-owned Recorded Future, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender. Recorded Future already serves 1,900+ clients post-Mastercard deal; CrowdStrike and Microsoft bundle threat-intel into platforms Cyble can't match on distribution. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. Proprietary darknet data collection plus existing Fortune 500 and government contracts that are costly for rivals to replicate quickly.

What would change this call

Cyble announces a Series C round within 6 to 12 months. Would show investors still see growth potential despite the 32-month funding gap.
Gartner's May 2027 Magic Quadrant update places or removes Cyble. Independent validation or demotion of Cyble's standing versus Recorded Future and peers.
Cyble discloses a named multi-year government or law-enforcement contract via its Hawk channel. Would confirm deepening of its regulation and trust based moat.

Key numbers

$30.2M total Series B raised (2023-11)
233 employees, roughly flat year over year (2026-06)
32 months since last funding round closed (2026-06)

Named risks

No new funding round since November 2023, a 32-month gap as of mid-2026. Severity: high
Revenue estimates from third parties diverge by up to 8x with no verified company disclosure. Severity: medium
Headcount flat to slightly declining year-over-year as of June 2026. Severity: medium
Category consolidating around better-funded incumbents like Mastercard-Recorded Future, CrowdStrike, Microsoft. Severity: high
Core AI-driven scraping and triage workflows are commoditizable by generalized LLM tools. Severity: medium

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
Mastercard-owned Recorded Future	losing to	Acquired by Mastercard in 2024, serves 1,900+ clients across 80 countries, far outscaling Cyble
CrowdStrike	contesting	Cyble Titan EDR launched May 2025 to compete directly in endpoint security against CrowdStrike Falcon
Microsoft Defender	losing to	Microsoft bundling AI-driven threat intel into Defender suite, squeezing standalone CTI vendors as of 2026
Flashpoint	contesting	Named alongside Cyble as fellow Challenger in Gartner's May 2026 Cyberthreat Intelligence MQ

Questions people ask

Is Cyble profitable in 2026?: Cyble has disclosed no audited revenue or profitability figures. It has raised no new funding since a Nov 2023 Series B extension, a 32-month gap as of mid-2026, which could mean quiet profitability or difficulty raising a new round; no public confirmation either way exists.
Has Cyble had layoffs?: No layoffs have been publicly reported. Independent tracker Crustdata shows headcount at 233 as of June 2026, down about 1% year over year from 224 in April 2024, described as flat-to-slightly-declining rather than a confirmed layoff event.
Could AI replace Cyble's threat intelligence service?: Cyble's core dark-web scraping, correlation, and alert-triage workflows are increasingly commoditized by generalized AI/LLM tools. What resists replacement is its proprietary darknet data dataset and government/law-enforcement relationships (Cyble Hawk), though these are not exclusive to Cyble.
Who owns Cyble?: Cyble is privately held and VC-backed, founded in 2019 by CEO Beenu Arora and COO Manish Chachada. It has no parent company; investors include Blackbird Ventures, King River Capital, and Summit Peak Investments from its 2022-2023 funding rounds.
Who is Cyble's biggest competitor?: Cyble competes against Mastercard-owned Recorded Future (acquired 2024, 1,900+ clients across 80 countries), CrowdStrike in the endpoint security space via Cyble Titan launched May 2025, and Flashpoint, a fellow Challenger in Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant.
Has Cyble raised a Series C?: No. As of mid-2026, Cyble's most recent funding was a $6.2M Series B extension in November 2023, bringing that round to $30.2M total. No Series C or new round has been publicly announced in the roughly 32 months since.

Timeline

2026-05-08Named Challenger in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cyberthreat Intelligence Technologies, first inclusion
2026-02-23Launched Blaze AI, an agentic multi-agent autonomous threat-hunting platform
2026-02Named Wavelink as exclusive Australian distributor
2025-05-19Launched Cyble Titan, AI-native endpoint security/EDR product
2023-11Series B extension adds $6.2M, led by Summit Peak Investments, round total $30.2M
2023-07Series B $24M closed, co-led by Blackbird Ventures and King River Capital
2022-02Series A $10M closed, led by Blackbird Ventures
2021Cyble goes through Y Combinator Winter 2021 cohort
2019Cyble founded by Beenu Arora and Manish Chachada

Revision history

26 July 2026

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