In January 2026, the company raised $60 million in a Series B round valued at $1 billion, making it the fastest European cybersecurity company ever to reach unicorn status. Aikido's platform is now used by more than 100,000 teams, including the Premier League, Revolut Ltd. and SoundCloud. The company reported five-times revenue growth and nearly three-times customer growth over the prior year.
Cyborg Score Rationale
The company achieved unicorn status ($1B valuation) in record time for European cybersecurity. Exceptional growth metrics with 5x revenue growth and 3x customer expansion demonstrate strong market traction. Aggressive M&A strategy including acquisitions of Trag, Allseek, Haicker, and Root (June 2026) shows execution and consolidation of competitive advantages.
Top Insights
Aikido's strategic vision is self-securing software—security that continuously tests, validates, and improves itself as software is built and released.
The June 2026 acquisition of Root, which developed an AI platform for securing open-source components, adds backported patching capability without forced upgrades.
The platform embeds security directly into how applications are built, deployed and run, helping organizations move away from manual reviews and alert-heavy workflows.
Aikido maintains a 4.5/5.0 rating on Gartner Peer Insights with 79% five-star reviews among 432+ ratings.
Named Competitors
Snyk — Open-source and container security platform for developers
Veracode — Application security testing and compliance platform
Checkmarx — Application security scanning and source code analysis
Recent Developments
(June 2026) Acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup Root for an estimated $70-$100 million to add AI-powered open-source vulnerability patching capabilities.
(January 2026) Completed Series B funding round of $60 million at a $1 billion valuation, bringing total funding to approximately $85 million.
(September 2025) Acquired autonomous penetration testing companies Allseek and Haicker.
(August 2025) Acquired AI-based code review company Trag.
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