XBOW
XBOW is a Startup in Seranova's Dev Tools & MLOps category. US autonomous offensive-security platform whose AI agents run penetration tests and report only exploitable vulnerabilities; sold in Japan via Takachiho Koeki. Products and focus: AI Security, Autonomous Penetration Testing, Offensive Security, AI Agents. 1 published signal is linked below.
Recorded facts
- HQ
- Seattle, USA (Japan via reseller Takachiho Koeki, Shinjuku)
- Founded / team
- Founded Jan 2024
- Category
- Dev Tools & MLOps, AI Security, Autonomous Penetration Testing, Offensive Security, AI Agents
- Products
- AI Security, Autonomous Penetration Testing, Offensive Security, AI Agents
- Funding
- Private US startup; founded Jan 2024; US$120M Series C (Mar 2026, valuation >US$1B, per Takachiho Koeki release); Japan reseller Takachiho Koeki (TSE 2676) from Oct 2026
- Representative
- Oege de Moor, Founder & CEO
- Website
- https://xbow.com/
- Updated
- 2026-11-01
Last updated: 1 Nov 2026
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Related signals
- Foreign entry Takachiho Koeki Co., Ltd. (高千穂交易; TSE: 2676; Shinjuku, Tokyo; President 井出 尊信) announced on 2026-10-23 a reseller agreement with XBOW (Seattle, Washington, USA) and the start of domestic sales of XBOW's autonomous penetration-testing platform, in which multiple AI agents probe web apps, APIs and backends the way attackers do and report only exploitable vulnerabilities with evidence. Per the release, XBOW was founded in January 2024 by CEO Oege de Moor (Semmle/CodeQL founder, ex-GitHub Next lead), topped HackerOne's US leaderboard in 2025, raised a US$120 million Series C in March 2026 at a valuation above US$1 billion, and is used by 200+ security teams worldwide. Takachiho Koeki positions it to expand its cybersecurity business into offensive security.
Source: PR TIMES (prtimes.jp) · collected 2026-10-23