Andesite AI vs Exaforce
Andesite AI
Andesite AI, based in McLean, Virginia, sells what it calls the Human-AI SOC, connecting SIEM, SOAR, identity and other sources so configurable agents can automate investigation, high-volume alert handling and enrichment. Vendor pages describe threat hunting to determine scope, assessing scope and blast radius, and launching remediation directly from investigation findings, with an Evidentiary AI audit trail behind each conclusion. Founded in 2023, it has raised $38.25m from General Catalyst and Red Cell Partners, and announced FedRAMP High Authorized status on 31 March 2026. Deployment is SaaS, air-gapped self-managed, or hybrid.
Pros
- FedRAMP High Authorized status announced March 2026 (vendor press release)
- Air-gapped self-managed deployment is offered, which is rare in this category (vendor FAQ)
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, 27701 and 42001 stated by the vendor on the product page
- $38.25m raised from General Catalyst and Red Cell Partners (vendor release; SiliconANGLE February 2025)
Things to check
- Pricing is not published
- No named customers appear in the general-availability release
- A G2 listing exists but its review count could not be verified
- FedRAMP Marketplace entry and sponsoring agency were not independently confirmed at research time
Pricing: Not published. The vendor FAQ describes pricing as outcome-based rather than AI-usage-based; contact sales.
Exaforce
Exaforce is a San Jose company founded in 2023 offering an agentic SOC platform built on a real-time knowledge graph. Four agents the vendor calls Exabots cover detection, triage, investigation and response across more than 100 integrations spanning AWS, Azure, GCP, Okta, GitHub, CrowdStrike and Splunk. Exabot Investigate supports cross-environment pivoting and natural-language hunting, and Exabot Respond executes containment such as isolating instances, disabling users and revoking sessions, with human approval gates where configured. It is sold either customer-operated or as an Exaforce-run managed detection and response service. The company raised $75m in April 2025 and $125m in May 2026.
Pros
- Names its containment actions explicitly rather than describing response in general terms (exaforce.com/platform/exabot-respond)
- Ships a dedicated investigation and hunting agent separate from triage (exaforce.com/platform/exabot-investigate)
- $200m raised across two rounds, reported at a $725m valuation (SecurityWeek, TechCrunch, May 2026)
- Named customers include Replit and Guardant Health (TechCrunch, May 2026)
Things to check
- Around 20 customers as of May 2026, so the deployment base is small (TechCrunch, May 2026)
- Cloud, SaaS and identity focused, with no self-hosted option stated
- Pricing is not published
- Certifications are vendor-stated on the site footer rather than shown on a public register
Pricing: Not published; contact sales