Headquarters
San Jose, CAFounded
2011CEO / Founder
Hitesh ShethEmployees
501-1000Funding
Series D+ — $350MProducts
1 product listedAvg. AI Score
7.9/10Website
vectra.ai/Profile updated
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.
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Who Vectra AI, Inc. competes with, and how they differ.
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 TopReviewedCrowdStrike'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 TopReviewedSentinelOne'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 TopReviewedPalo 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 TopReviewedExtraHop 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.
Key milestones in Vectra AI, Inc.'s history, with sources.
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.comAcquired 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$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.aiSeries 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.aiSeries 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$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.comLaunched 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.comSeries 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.comFounded 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.
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