Is RASPIRE profitable?

No revenue or profitability figures have been disclosed. RASPIRE is a 3-person Y Combinator Spring 2026 batch startup with no public financials as of 2026-07-27; it uses a sales-assisted, book-a-demo pricing model with no published pricing tiers.

RASPIRE is privately held, founded and led by CEO Kareem Selim and CTO Hassan Mostafa, Egyptian founders with prior banking and fintech app security experience. It is a Y Combinator Spring 2026 (P26) portfolio company; no other investors or valuation have been disclosed as of 2026-07-27.

Could AI replace RASPIRE's product?

RASPIRE's own pitch is AI automating manual RASP hardening, but that same 'AI-native no-code' framing is already offered by incumbent Appdome, which markets an 'AI-Native Protection' line as of 2026, narrowing RASPIRE's differentiation rather than shielding it from replication.

Who is RASPIRE's biggest competitor?

RASPIRE competes against established, funded mobile RASP vendors including Appdome (no-code AI-native protection), Zimperium (called 'the most complete mobile AppSec platform' by a May 2026 comparison), Guardsquare, and Promon, all with years of enterprise trust that RASPIRE, a 3-person 2026 startup, lacks.

Does RASPIRE have any real customers?

RASPIRE claims (unverified, vendor-stated) to protect apps used by 20M+ end users across banking, fintech, healthtech, and e-commerce as of its June 2026 launch, but its website testimonials cite only unnamed clients like 'Leading Fintech' with no named customer logos disclosed.

How much funding has RASPIRE raised?

No specific seed or Series A amount, valuation, or named investor list beyond Y Combinator has been disclosed as of 2026-07-27. RASPIRE is part of YC's Spring 2026 batch; a PitchBook profile exists but no dollar figures were found in public sources.

YC Spring 2026 · United States

RASPIRE

No-code, AI-driven runtime shielding that hardens mobile apps against tampering and fraud.

Protection under test

Assessed 27 July 2026 · Evidence as of 27 July 2026

Something worth protecting exists and is being tested right now.

On the recordSince 27 July 2026 · Checkable from Q1 2027 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Expected seed round and first named customer disclosure after Demo Day

The call

RASPIRE pitches AI-speed, no-code app shielding into a market where Appdome, Zimperium, and Guardsquare already ship similar tools with more trust behind them.

RASPIRE makes software that protects mobile apps from hackers by using AI to find and fix weaknesses without requiring special coding skills. The problem is that Appdome, Zimperium, and Guardsquare already do nearly the same thing, also with AI and no-code tools, so RASPIRE's main pitch is not something only they can offer. The one thing that could matter: if RASPIRE stops trying to compete as a general app-security company and instead focuses on serving banks in the Middle East and North Africa, where the founders already have relationships, they might carve out a real niche before bigger competitors notice.

Why

AI pressure: Appdome's AI-Native Protection line. Appdome already ships AI-native, no-code shielding, so RASPIRE's core pitch is not a new capability, just a smaller version of one. Could AI do the core job? Only partly.

Bigger players: Zimperium and Guardsquare. Both run mature RASP products with enterprise trust, certifications, and track records a 3-person startup has not yet built. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. Founders' MENA banking relationships could anchor a fintech vertical incumbents underinvest in, but that edge is not yet used.

What would change this call

RASPIRE announces a seed round with named investors within 6 months of its May 2026 launch. Would show funding traction and runway beyond the 3-person YC stage.
RASPIRE discloses a named enterprise or bank customer logo, not just aggregate user-count claims. Would show real third-party validation instead of vendor-authored traction claims.
Appdome or Zimperium ships expanded AI-native, no-code hardening features or announces new MENA/Africa fintech clients. Would show incumbents closing the same gap RASPIRE is targeting.

Key numbers

Team size: 3 people (2026-07-27)
Claims 20M+ end users protected (unverified) (2026-06-04)
Joined YC Spring 2026 (P26) batch (2026-04-14)

Named risks

No proprietary threat-intelligence data, certification, or distribution lock-in identified as a moat. Severity: high
Core 'AI-native no-code RASP' differentiator already replicated by larger funded incumbent Appdome. Severity: high
Only 3-person team creates acute execution and hiring risk at current stage. Severity: medium
RASP category has documented history of exploitable weaknesses (2018 Promon academic paper); similar disclosure against RASPIRE could hurt credibility. Severity: medium
No named customer logos or independent traction verification exists, only unnamed testimonials. Severity: medium

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
Appdome	losing to	Already ships 'AI-Native Protection' no-code line as of 2026, matching RASPIRE's core pitch
Zimperium	losing to	Third-party May 2026 comparison calls it 'the most complete mobile AppSec platform'
Guardsquare	contesting	Established Belgium-based RASP and app-hardening vendor with DexGuard/iXGuard, ThreatCast suite
Promon	losing to	Peer-reviewed 2018 study found Promon Shield protected ~100M users across ~100 companies

Questions people ask

Is RASPIRE profitable?: No revenue or profitability figures have been disclosed. RASPIRE is a 3-person Y Combinator Spring 2026 batch startup with no public financials as of 2026-07-27; it uses a sales-assisted, book-a-demo pricing model with no published pricing tiers.
Who owns RASPIRE?: RASPIRE is privately held, founded and led by CEO Kareem Selim and CTO Hassan Mostafa, Egyptian founders with prior banking and fintech app security experience. It is a Y Combinator Spring 2026 (P26) portfolio company; no other investors or valuation have been disclosed as of 2026-07-27.
Could AI replace RASPIRE's product?: RASPIRE's own pitch is AI automating manual RASP hardening, but that same 'AI-native no-code' framing is already offered by incumbent Appdome, which markets an 'AI-Native Protection' line as of 2026, narrowing RASPIRE's differentiation rather than shielding it from replication.
Who is RASPIRE's biggest competitor?: RASPIRE competes against established, funded mobile RASP vendors including Appdome (no-code AI-native protection), Zimperium (called 'the most complete mobile AppSec platform' by a May 2026 comparison), Guardsquare, and Promon, all with years of enterprise trust that RASPIRE, a 3-person 2026 startup, lacks.
Does RASPIRE have any real customers?: RASPIRE claims (unverified, vendor-stated) to protect apps used by 20M+ end users across banking, fintech, healthtech, and e-commerce as of its June 2026 launch, but its website testimonials cite only unnamed clients like 'Leading Fintech' with no named customer logos disclosed.
How much funding has RASPIRE raised?: No specific seed or Series A amount, valuation, or named investor list beyond Y Combinator has been disclosed as of 2026-07-27. RASPIRE is part of YC's Spring 2026 batch; a PitchBook profile exists but no dollar figures were found in public sources.

Timeline

2026-06-04Public launch via Launch YC with tagline 'App Security at AI Speed'
2026-04-14Egyptian press covers RASPIRE joining Y Combinator's Spring 2026 (P26) batch
2025YC company page lists founding year as 2025 (conflicts with jobs page date)
2024YC jobs page lists founding year as 2024 (conflicts with company page date)

Revision history

27 July 2026

First assessed. Protection under test. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.

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