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Funding and backers

Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
2
Conviction, Menlo Ventures
Momentum
25/100
a new city, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
2024 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 5%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 3 points
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Overview

Sybil builds artificial intelligence penetration testing agents that probe live web applications for exploitable weaknesses. Founded in 2024 by former OpenAI and security industry engineers, it aims to run continuously rather than as an annual engagement. Findings are delivered with reproduction steps that engineers can verify.

News

News kqed.org 3 months ago
How OpenAI's Models Escaped Their Sandbox and Slipped Past California's AI Law KQED
California's new frontier AI law doesn't require OpenAI to report its agents' Hugging Face Hack. How often does this happen elsewhere?
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News Fortune 4 months ago
A new AI-powered computer worm could prove to be the stuff of cybersecurity nightmares
University of Toronto researchers built a worm powered by open-weight AI that adapts to its targets. Experts say it changes the math on cybersecurity defense
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News SiliconANGLE 7 months ago
RunSybil raises $40M to automate offensive security with AI agents
RunSybil raises $40M to automate offensive security with AI agents - SiliconANGLE
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News Fortune 7 months ago
Exclusive: RunSybil, a startup using AI to automate penetration testing, raises $40M in VC funding in round led by Khosla Ventures
The startup was cofounded by security researchers who worked at OpenAI and Meta.
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News circleid 8 months ago
Munich Cybersecurity Conference 2026: Moving Into the Twilight Zone
At Munich's twin security gatherings, leaders warned that cyber conflict, transatlantic rifts and weaponised AI are pushing the rules-based order into a perilous transition, where deterrence falters, norms erode and digital sovereignty trumps multistakeho
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News WIRED 9 months ago
AI's Hacking Skills Are Approaching an 'Inflection Point'
AI models are getting so good at finding vulnerabilities that some experts say the tech industry might need to rethink how software is built.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Sybil over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
22
Postings analysed
9
Stack modernity
82/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
React.js
OpenTelemetry
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
OpenAI
AWS
Azure
GCP
AI & ML
LLM
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Full Sybil tech stack 22 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$210k
Typical range
$210k
Open positions
1
1 Jobs
Middle 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 1 $210k $210k
Highest paying role Security Software Engineer $210k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
2
0 opened / 6 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
77 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
50% ▼
Security
50% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: United States Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026
Added OWASP to stack Sep 2026
Added Agentic Workflows to stack Sep 2026
Added Red Teaming to stack Aug 2026
Added AI Agents to stack Aug 2026
Added OpenAI to stack Aug 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
New York
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San Francisco United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff
seen since Mar 2026
New York United States
Engineering / R&D
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML
seen since Mar 2026 job postings

Jobs

$170k – $210k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 4+ years exp
Python
JavaScript
Prompt Engineering
AI Agents
LLM
OpenAI
Red Teaming
Frontend
React.js
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≈ $178k – $334k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • PhD • New York
OpenAI
Machine Learning
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