Shape Security
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| Industry | Internet |
| Founded 📆 | 2012 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , U.S. |
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Shape Security is a cybersecurity company and unicorn startup[3][4] in Mountain View, California, which protects major websites and mobile apps[5] against credential stuffing and other types of cybercrime. It secures the largest companies in banking, air travel, and retail, such as Starbucks.[6][7]
Their technology was referred to by Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins as "the world's first botwall".[8][9]
In December 2019, F5 announced plans to acquire Shape Security for $1 billion US dollars.[10][11]
History[edit]
It was founded by Derek Smith, Justin Call, and Sumit Agarwal.[12][13] In 2012, Google’s click fraud czar, Shuman Ghosemajumder, joined the executive team.[14]
The company has raised $132 million in venture capital funding,[15] from Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt,[16] Venrock,[17] Norwest Venture Partners, and Sierra Ventures.[18]
It was the fastest-growing company in California from 2014 to 2017, according to Deloitte,[19] and was #1 in patents on the AI100 list of top artificial intelligence companies in 2019.[20]
In 2017, they introduced an AI-based system to track stolen passwords called BlackFish.[21][2]
Open source[edit]
In addition to its commercial business, the company is known for supporting numerous open source projects. Their engineering team includes the creator of PhantomJS, a web browser automation tool. Other projects the company officially open sourced include Unminify,[22] a tool for the deobfuscation of JavaScript, and Salvation,[23] a tool for implementing Content Security Policy. In 2019, they hired Java language co-author Gilad Bracha.[24]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Cybersecurity Startup Shape Security Expands to China". Wall Street Journal. January 13, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Shape Security introduces tool to blunt impact of stolen password caches". TechCrunch. November 7, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Shape Security Raises $51 Million at $1 Billion Valuation". SecurityWeek. September 12, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Shape Security: How This Unicorn Is Leveraging AI to Tackle Cybersecurity Crimes". Karma Impact. October 14, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Shape Security Brings Its Bot-Blinding Technology to Mobile Apps". Vox. January 13, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Shape Security picks up $51M at $1B valuation to combat online fraud and bots". Silicon Angle. September 12, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "How Starbucks combats Credential Stuffing and Account Takeover". YouTube. May 15, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Can Shape Security revolutionize Web defense?". USA Today. January 21, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Shape Security's bid to battle botnets". Fortune. February 6, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "F5 acquires Shape Security for $1B". TechCrunch. December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "F5 to acquire Shape Security for approximately $1 billion". ZDNet. December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Ex-Googlers' Startup Shape Turns Hackers' Code-Morphing Tricks Against Them". Forbes. February 10, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "CNBC Disruptors 50". CNBC. June 17, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Stealthy Shape Security Hires Google's Former Click-Fraud Czar". TechCrunch. July 2, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Shape Security Raises $26 Million To Prevent Attackers From Committing Online Fraud". Pulse 2.0. November 5, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Shape Security: Kleiner Perkins & Eric Schmidt Lead $6M Round In Stealth Security Startup". TechCrunch. April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Big Names Keep Throwing Money At Shape Security, A Stealthy Startup". Business Insider. January 7, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Ex-Googler-Founded Shape Security Picks Up Another $40M". TechCrunch. February 2, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Deloitte Fast 500 2018" (PDF). Deloitte. November 15, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "AI 100: The Artificial Intelligence Startups Redefining Industries". CBInsights. February 6, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Shape Security Introduces BlackFish AI to Combat Credential Stuffing". eWeek. November 7, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Unminify". GitHub. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Salvation". GitHub. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Shape Security picks up $51M at $1B valuation to combat online fraud and bots". TechCrunch. September 12, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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