Company record · security vendor
Cygrid
What the company sells
Cygrid sells an identity enforcement platform that maps human, service-account and AI agent identities into one graph, scores the risk of their actions and blocks or corrects actions that break policy across SaaS and AI tool calls. The company is based in Berlin, Germany, and was founded in January 2026.[1]
- Categories
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germany[2]
- Ownership
- Not established from our sources
- CISO on record
- Not yet on our record. Send a verified source
- Website
- cygrid.io
Products and services
Product names as the company writes them; what each does, in our words, from the company's own product pages. Never how well it does it.
Identity Intelligence Graph[1]
A graph that maps human, service account, API and AI agent identities and scores the risk of what each one can do.
MCP Gateway[3]
A gateway that checks every AI agent tool call against the identity graph and policy before it reaches the target system.
Cygrid Intelligence[3]
Risk-scoring logic that decides what each identity, human or non-human, should be allowed to do.
Competitors and alternatives
The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of Cygrid's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.
On non-human identity security, Cygrid competes with Token Security, Aembit, Akeyless, Astrix Security, Infisical, NewCore, Beyond Identity, Delinea, Onyx Security, Permiso and 22 more.
On ai governance, Cygrid competes with Cranium, Credo AI, Holistic AI, AIShield, Enkrypt AI, Noma Security, Onyx Security, Reco, SplxAI, Symmetry Systems and 13 more.
On ai firewalls and guardrails, Cygrid competes with Impart Security, Lakera, Lasso Security, Operant AI, Prompt Security, AIShield, Enkrypt AI, Noma Security, SplxAI, WitnessAI and 5 more.
On identity threat detection and response, Cygrid competes with Permiso, Beyond Identity, Delinea, Valence, Abnormal AI, Blackpoint Cyber, Cayosoft, CrowdStrike, Guardz, Malwarebytes and 4 more.
References
Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.
- [1]cygrid.ioCygrid · cygrid.io · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
- [2]AboutCygrid · cygrid.io · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
- [3]Cygrid emerges from stealthCygrid · cygrid.io · published October 22, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
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