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Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns, Inc. is an airgap software company that provides documentation, training, and open-source solutions for developers to advance freedom globally.
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Defense Unicorns at a glance
Defense Unicorns is a cybersecurity company. It has raised at least $171.5M across the 3 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round, Series B, raised $136M in January 2026. Xcout tracks 3 named people at Defense Unicorns, including Rob Slaughter (CEO). Xcout recorded 128 job postings from Defense Unicorns in the last 90 days.
Defense Unicorns leadership
- Rob SlaughterCEO
- Austen Bryanchief strategy and product officer
- Jeff McCoyCo-Founder and CTO
Defense Unicorns funding rounds
At least $171.5M raised across the 3 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | $136M | 7 named | |
| SEC Form D filing | $35M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $504,329 | — |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Defense Unicorns
Xcout recorded 128 job postings from Defense Unicorns in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see Defense Unicorns's hiring signals →
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Hiring vs the trend
Based on 85 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 380 scale-up technology companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Defense Unicorns’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
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Defense Unicorns competitors
A few of Defense Unicorns's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
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Fortanix, Inc. is a data security vendor headquartered in California. It provides data privacy, encryption, and multi-cloud security solutions that help enterprises protect sensitive data and workloads.
Stealth Software Technologies develops privacy-enhancing technologies and cybersecurity solutions based on applied cryptography. The company translates theoretical cryptographic advances into practical software implementations, including secure multiparty computation, searchable encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, and secure cloud storage, primarily serving government and enterprise clients.
RapidFort, Inc. is a software supply chain security company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company provides an innovative platform designed to automatically secure containerized environments and continuously eliminate software vulnerabilities.
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More on Defense Unicorns in Xcout Intel
- 3 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 3 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 1 corporate event with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access