Andesite AI, Inc.

Andesite AI is a privately held cybersecurity company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, focused on enhancing cyber defense operations through advanced artificial intelligence. The company's core mission is to build security products that empower cyber defense teams by fostering human-AI collaboration, aiming to amplify analysts' expertise and enable them to shift from reactive alert management to proactive threat hunting.

Andesite AI's primary offering is its "bionic Security Operations Center (SOC)" platform. This platform integrates human expertise with AI tooling to aggregate data from diverse IT environments, automate workflows, and provide contextual awareness for security analysts. Key features include configurable agents, a safe AI architecture, and "Evidentiary AI" which ensures transparency and traceability in AI-assisted decisions. The platform is designed to connect data silos and streamline operations for both private and public sector cyber analysts.

Founded in 2023, Andesite AI has quickly gained traction, securing an additional $23 million in seed funding in February 2025, bringing its total funding to $38.25 million. This funding round coincided with the general availability of its bionic SOC platform. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Brian Carbaugh, a former Director of the CIA's Special Activities Center, alongside a leadership team with extensive backgrounds in national security, intelligence, and cybersecurity. Andesite AI positions itself to address critical challenges in cybersecurity, such as data overload and analyst burnout, by emphasizing a human-in-the-loop approach to AI-driven defense.