Shift5 vs Tracecat
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Shift5 raised $75M Series C in Sep 2025 led by Hedosophia; $181M total; secures onboard OT data for defense aircraft, military vehicles, rail, and aviation with Palantir's defense head joining its board.
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Shift5 is an Arlington, VA-based cybersecurity and operational intelligence company that focuses on the onboard operational technology (OT) data bus found in aircraft, military vehicles, rail systems, and maritime vessels. Unlike IT-focused security companies, Shift5 captures and analyzes the raw data streams running on physical platform bus systems (such as MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, and CAN bus) to detect anomalies, enable predictive maintenance, and protect against cyber threats — all without disrupting the real-time operation of the platform.
SF YC W24 open-source SOAR security automation deployed by 200+ orgs (Fortune 500 + federal); $500K-$2M seed on Temporal's durable execution with 100+ integrations competing with Splunk SOAR and Tines for security incident response.
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Tracecat is a San Francisco-based open-source security automation platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $500,000-$2 million in seed funding from Y Combinator, Pioneer.app, Pioneer Fund, and SurgePoint Capital — providing security operations, IT, and infrastructure teams with a modern, cost-effective alternative to commercial SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) tools for automating security alerts, incident response, and IT workflows. Deployed by 200+ organizations from Fortune 500 companies to federal agencies, Tracecat is built on Temporal's durable execution platform (used by Datadog, Netflix, and Stripe) and offers 100+ integrations, AI-assisted runbooks, case management, and lookup tables. Founded in 2024 by Chris Lo and Daryl Lim.
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