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Neo vs Red Hat

Neo sells security for AI and agentic software across every endpoint, SaaS app, and cloud service. Red Hat sells a portfolio of hybrid cloud infrastructure, application services, cloud-native application development, automation, and artificial intelligence solutions. CISO Tribune files both under Software supply chain security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Neo vs Red Hat: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
NeoNeo sells security for AI and agentic software across every endpoint, SaaS app, and cloud service.neo.aiRed HatRed Hat sells a portfolio of hybrid cloud infrastructure, application services, cloud-native application development, automation, and artificial intelligence solutions.redhat.com
What it sells
  • Neo Node[3][5][6]Enforces policy on the laptop, on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Decides each agent action with allow, ask, or block.
  • Neo Console[6]Starts from a customer's organization and its teams, taken from the identity provider.
  • Neoverse[1][3][5][6]The intelligence layer for AI apps and tools.
  • Red Hat OpenShift[3]Red Hat's offering for building and deploying applications at scale.
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform[4]Red Hat's automation that is created, managed, and scaled across an enterprise.
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Headquarters
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Ownership and funding
Privately held[3]Not stated on its pages
Named customers
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Recent news
  • July 20, 2026Neo emerged from stealth with $100 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures.[7]
  • August 4, 2026Red Hat announced the formation of asago, an open source community project to automate how AI governance policies become deployed AI systems.[6]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
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  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[7]
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Who it fits
From its own pages, the company sells mainly to organisations that need to know which AI agents run on their fleet and what each one can reach. Neo describes examples from a healthcare SaaS company and a fintech. Neo Node deploys through an MDM that the customer already runs. Neo Console takes the organization and its teams from the customer's identity provider. Neo enforces policy on laptops running macOS, Windows, and Linux, and extends the same policy to SaaS apps and cloud deployments.Organizations that want to move from vulnerability discovery to remediation are the audience for an offering from IBM and Red Hat. Red Hat describes deployment models that run from on premise to the cloud to the edge. Enterprises that manage web environments of any size are the audience for Red Hat's web server. Red Hat frames its hybrid cloud solutions around an open ecosystem of customers, partners, and communities.
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November 9, 2026October 21, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Neo and Red Hat are both filed under Software supply chain security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Neo's primary category is AI model and agent security; Red Hat's is Software supply chain security.
  • Neo is also filed under Workforce AI usage security and AI governance. Red Hat is also filed under Vulnerability management.
  • Neo lists Neo Node, Neo Console and Neoverse. Red Hat lists Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
  • Neo is privately held.

What it sells: Neo

What Neo Node does[3][5][6]
Neo Node deploys through the MDM a customer already runs, with no kernel module and no reboot. Neo Node reads the whole session rather than only the command. Inside Claude Code, Neo Node reads the model, MCP servers, skills and plugins that Claude Code loads.
What Neoverse does[1][3][5][6]
Neoverse checks every extension, package, skill, and MCP server before it runs. Neoverse rates an unsigned server loaded by an agent as Unsafe on first sight.

What it sells: Red Hat

What Red Hat OpenShift does[3]
Red Hat's offering builds and deploys applications at scale. Applications that an organization already has can be modernized with Red Hat's offering.
What Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform does[4]
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is an execution layer for IT operations in the AI era. Red Hat's automation can be created, managed, and dynamically scaled across an entire enterprise. Red Hat supports a managed application for enterprise-wide automation that is deployed in the customer's Azure cloud.

Questions about Neo and Red Hat

What do Neo and Red Hat sell?
Neo sells Neo Node, Neo Console and Neoverse. Red Hat sells Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Are Neo and Red Hat in the same category?
They share Software supply chain security. Neo's primary category is AI model and agent security and Red Hat's is Software supply chain security.
Who owns Neo and Red Hat?
Neo is privately held.
Who are Neo and Red Hat sold to?
From its own pages, the company sells mainly to organisations that need to know which AI agents run on their fleet and what each one can reach. Organizations that want to move from vulnerability discovery to remediation are the audience for an offering from IBM and Red Hat.
What have Neo and Red Hat announced recently?
July 20, 2026: Neo emerged from stealth with $100 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures. August 4, 2026: Red Hat announced the formation of asago, an open source community project to automate how AI governance policies become deployed AI systems.

About Neo

Neo sells security for AI and agentic software across every endpoint, SaaS app, and cloud service. Neo sees every AI agent, app, extension, skill, and MCP server on devices, in browsers, and across SaaS apps and cloud, checks its configuration, and enforces policy before any action runs. Neo maps an organization's teams, people, endpoints, agents, MCP servers, skills, and everything they reach.[2][4][5]

Neo addresses a situation in which few teams can say which agents run on their fleet, what each one can reach, or what it did yesterday. Neo describes agents as acting with the employee's own access, so that most tools see the employee. Neo describes code, keys, and customer data reaching AI through prompts, pastes, uploads, and agent reads, with some tools training on what they receive. Neo describes MCP servers, skills, subagents, plugins, and extensions as arriving faster than anyone can review them, with already approved apps shipping new AI features without a review.[5]

Neo Node enforces policy on the laptop, on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Neo Node deploys through the MDM a customer already runs, with no kernel module and no reboot, and decides each agent action with allow, ask, or block. Neo works as a layer inside the tool, in user land with no kernel component, where Neo sees the agent's actions and decides before they run. Inside Claude Code, Neo Node reads the model, MCP servers, skills and plugins that Claude Code loads. Neo Node reads the whole session rather than only the command. On managed endpoints, the hooks of Neo keep running if switched off and come back if deleted. Neo enforces before the action runs, at the tool call in tools with a Neo connector and at launch for the rest.[5][6]

Neo Console starts from a customer's organization and its teams, taken from the identity provider. Neo Console finds settings that give an agent more reach than its work needs. Neo inventories every AI app, agent, and MCP server on each device, scopes what each can touch, and decides each action before it runs. Neo inventories every AI tool and model on devices, browsers, and SaaS, sanctioned or not, with owner, version, and publisher. Neo checks each tool's setup and version and flags drift from a customer's baseline. Neo decides every prompt, tool call, file access, and network request on the device before it runs.[4][5][6]

Neoverse is the intelligence layer for AI apps and tools, and Neoverse is publicly available. Neoverse checks every extension, package, skill, and MCP server before it runs, and Neo blocks a hijacked or malicious release fleet-wide. Neoverse rates an unsigned server loaded by an agent as Unsafe on first sight. Neoverse rates as Malicious an MCP server that copies session memory to an outside store its listing never names, and Neo blocks it by policy when the agent loads it. Neo inspects data on the device before it reaches an AI tool, stops it or points the person to the approved tool, and flags tools set to train on a customer's data.[5][6]

Neo covers ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Salesforce, and every other AI app that teams sign into, with work and personal accounts kept separate. Amazon Bedrock, Cursor Cloud, GitHub Actions, and n8n sit under the same policy as the laptop. A single killswitch in Neo ends every active AI agent session in the estate, and no new session can start until the switch is lifted. Neo can end every session, running or new, the moment several agents break from normal behavior at once. Neo follows the agent inside each tool on the endpoint and into the SaaS apps and cloud deployments it acts through, with one product and one policy for all AI security and control.[1][4][5][6]

Neo on the record

Sources

Neo full record

  1. [1]Neo launches with 100m to secure ai software across the enterpriseGlobeNewswire · globenewswire.com · published July 20, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]neo.aiNeo · neo.ai · undated page, accessed November 9, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Neo | Secure AI. From Endpoint to EverywhereNeo · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Platform | NeoNeo · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Why Neo | AI Control Starts at the EndpointNeo · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]How It Works | NeoNeo · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Neo Launches With $100M for AI Software SecurityNeo · published July 20, 2026 · Tier A

Red Hat full record

  1. [1]redhat.comRed Hat · redhat.com · undated page, accessed October 21, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]NewsroomRed Hat · redhat.com · undated page, accessed October 21, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Red Hat - We make open source technologies for the enterpriseRed Hat · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]All Red Hat productsRed Hat · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Application failing after updating to JBoss EAP 8 / Application Migration / Jakarta EE namespace - Red Hat Customer PortalRed Hat · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Red Hat Launches asago Community to Automate AI Safety and Governance from Policy to ProductionRed Hat · published August 4, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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