Vectra AI, Inc.

Vectra AI, Inc.
Vectra AI, Inc.
  • Headquarters

    San Jose, CA
  • Founded

    2011
  • CEO / Founder

    Hitesh Sheth
  • Employees

    501-1000
  • Funding

    Series D+ — $350M
  • Products

    1 product listed
  • Avg. AI Score

    7.9/10
  • Website

    vectra.ai/

Profile updated

Products
1
Avg AI Score
7.9/10
Founded
2011
Funding
$350M
About Vectra AI, Inc.

Vectra AI, Inc. develops AI-driven threat detection and response software that identifies active cyberattacks across enterprise networks, cloud services, identity systems, and SaaS applications. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Its flagship Vectra AI Platform, formerly branded Cognito, analyzes network, identity, and cloud activity to surface attacker behavior, competing in the network detection and response (NDR) market against firms such as Darktrace and ExtraHop. Vectra sells primarily to enterprises and public-sector organizations, with detection coverage spanning Microsoft 365, AWS, and hybrid on-premises environments.

Vectra AI has raised roughly $350 million from investors including Accel, Khosla Ventures, TCV, IA Ventures, and Wipro Ventures. In April 2021, a $130 million round led by Blackstone Growth valued the company at $1.2 billion, granting it unicorn status. Under chief executive Hitesh Sheth, who has led the company since 2012, Vectra AI employs roughly 680 people.

Specialties
Threat DetectionNetwork Detection and ResponseCybersecurity AICloud SecurityIdentity Threat DetectionExtended Detection and ResponseAttack Signal IntelligenceThreat Response
Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Valuationest.
$1.2B
crn.com
Total Raised
$350M
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Total Raised over time
$42.8M(August 2014, est.)$78M(October 2015, est.)$123M(Feb 21, 2018, est.)$200M(Jun 10, 2019)$350M(Apr 29, 2021)
Products by Vectra AI, Inc.

All products by Vectra AI, Inc. reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

How Our Review Panel Scores Vectra AI, Inc.

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed Vectra AI, Inc.'s product on their own terms. They landed within 0.9 points of each other, an unusually strong consensus.

The Domain Strategist
8.3
The Decision Maker
8.2
The Domain Practitioner
8.0
The Power User
7.8
The Finance Lead
7.5
The Skeptic
7.4

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who Vectra AI, Inc. competes with, and how they differ.

Darktrace logo
Darktrace7.8/10

Darktrace's self-learning AI models each customer's own network "pattern of life" to flag anomalies and can trigger autonomous response (Antigena); Vectra instead applies supervised ML trained on known attacker techniques to network/cloud metadata and leans on human SOC triage via its Attack Signal Intelligence scoring.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
CrowdStrike logo
CrowdStrike8.3/10

CrowdStrike's Falcon platform is endpoint-first (EDR), with network and cloud detection added mainly through acquisitions and bundled XDR pricing; Vectra is network-first NDR, competing for budget when buyers want deep network visibility rather than endpoint-centric platform consolidation.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
SentinelOne logo
SentinelOne8.1/10

SentinelOne's Singularity platform is built around autonomous endpoint remediation (EDR) with network and identity modules layered on; it competes with Vectra mainly when a buyer wants one AI vendor spanning endpoint and network rather than Vectra's network-detection specialization.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
Palo Alto Networks logo
Palo Alto Networks8.2/10

Palo Alto's Cortex XDR/XSIAM bundles network detection into a far larger portfolio of firewalls, SASE and cloud security; it competes for "platform consolidation" budget rather than matching Vectra's network-detection-only depth and packet/metadata analysis focus.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
E
ExtraHop

ExtraHop is Vectra's closest pure-play NDR peer, built on full packet capture and Reveal(x) traffic analysis versus Vectra's AI-driven network-metadata approach; ExtraHop has stayed privately held since Bain Capital and Crosspoint Capital took it private in 2021, while Vectra pursued VC funding to a $1.2B valuation.

Company Timeline

Key milestones in Vectra AI, Inc.'s history, with sources.

  1. Acquisition

    Acquired Netography, a cloud-native network observability startup

    Vectra AI acquired Netography to add software-defined, cloud-native network observability (rebranded Vectra Fusion) to its AI-driven attack signal platform.

    siliconangle.com
  2. Acquisition

    Acquired Siriux, an identity and SaaS posture management startup

    Vectra AI acquired Siriux to add identity threat detection and SaaS security posture management capabilities to its platform.

    siliconangle.com
  3. Funding

    $130M growth round led by Blackstone Growth, $1.2B valuation

    Vectra AI raised $130 million led by funds managed by Blackstone Growth (BXG), reaching a post-money valuation of $1.2 billion and bringing total funding to over $350 million.

    vectra.ai
  4. Funding

    Series E — $100M led by TCV

    Vectra closed a $100 million Series E funding round led by growth equity firm TCV, bringing total funding raised to more than $200 million.

    vectra.ai
  5. Funding

    Series D — $36M led by Atlantic Bridge

    Vectra Networks closed a $36 million Series D round led by Atlantic Bridge, with participation from ISIF, Nissho Electronics and returning investors including Khosla Ventures and Accel, bringing total funding to $123 million.

    securityweek.com
  6. Funding

    $35M round led by DAG Ventures

    Vectra Networks raised $35 million in new funding led by new investor DAG Ventures, with returning Series C investors Intel Capital and Juniper Networks participating, bringing total funding to roughly $78 million.

    wsj.com
  7. Launch

    Launched S-series sensor appliance

    Vectra Networks introduced its S-series sensor appliance, extending attack-detection coverage to branch offices and remote sites feeding its X-series analysis engine.

    networkworld.com
  8. Funding

    Series C — $25M led by Accel Partners

    Vectra Networks closed an oversubscribed $25 million Series C round led by Accel Partners, with Eric Wolford of Accel joining the board.

    securityweek.com
  9. Founded

    Founded as TraceVector, later renamed Vectra Networks, then Vectra AI

    The company that became Vectra AI was founded in 2011, initially operating as TraceVector before renaming to Vectra Networks and, later, Vectra AI.

    vectra.ai

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