What Huskeys does

Huskeys is an Israel-based cybersecurity startup that has built the first Edge Security Management (ESM) platform, an AI-powered control plane that overlays existing Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) from vendors such as Cloudflare, AWS, Azure, and Akamai without replacing them. The platform unifies visibility and orchestration across CDN, WAF, infrastructure, and application layers, using a patent-pending agentic AI engine to continuously assess, adapt, and orchestrate security rules, policies, and configurations. Core product modules include Edge Posture Management for continuous configuration and exposure assessment, Application Rule Tuning for building business-context-aware rules, and Orchestration for automating the full rule lifecycle from simulation through phased deployment with rollbacks.

The company was founded in 2025 by Itai Gafni (CEO) and Roy Weisfeld (CTO), both veterans of Israeli intelligence Unit 8200, and emerged from stealth in March 2026 with $8 million in seed funding. Named early enterprise customers include TikTok, Merlin Entertainments, and Hugging Face, with case studies demonstrating 80%+ false-positive reduction, 40%+ website performance improvement, and prevention of over $200K per month in mitigation costs. Huskeys has also built a Vulnerability Assessment Lab and Scanner that published original research on CVE-2025-55182 and React Server Components RCE.

The company sells its platform via enterprise subscription on annual contracts through direct field sales, AWS Marketplace, and channel partnerships with Wiz and GlobalDots. It is targeting global enterprises with complex multi-WAF and multi-cloud environments where security misconfiguration directly impacts revenue, including ticketing, e-commerce, AI platforms, and social media businesses. Strategic backing from the CrowdStrike/AWS/NVIDIA Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator and Intel Ignite, alongside more than 30 CISO angel investors, anchors its go-to-market reach within the CISO community.

Name

Huskeys

Legal name

Huskeys

Website

https://huskeys.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Huskeys provides an AI-powered Edge Security Management platform that overlays existing Web Application Firewalls to unify visibility, reduce false positives, and orchestrate security rules across multi-cloud environments for global enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Edge Security Management Software

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Web Application Security (WAF, RASP) (HDADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Web Application Firewall (WAF) & Bot Management (ADC‑Integrated) (HDAFAHAG), Edge Security Delivery (DDoS, WAF, Bot Mitigation at Edge) (HDABAGAH), Cloud Network Security (Microsegmentation, Cloud Firewall, WAF, DDoS) (HDABAHAJ), Network Security Managed Services (Firewall/IDS/IPS/SASE) (BPAEADAG)

Keywords

• Edge security management
• WAF optimization
• AI cybersecurity platform
• Web application firewall
• Cloud security orchestration

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. ESM Platform Subscription: Huskeys charges for its Edge Security Management platform on a subscription basis, providing an AI-powered control plane layer on top of existing WAF infrastructure. The platform is available via direct enterprise sales, AWS Marketplace listing, and channel partnerships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Huskeys provides an AI-powered Edge Security Management (ESM) platform that overlays existing Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) and CDN infrastructure to unify security across CDN-WAF-Infra-App layers. The platform delivers continuous visibility, optimization, and orchestration of WAF rules and policies without requiring replacement of existing WAF vendors. It uses patent-pending agentic AI technology to reduce false positives, automate rule tuning, and connect security posture to business outcomes such as revenue preservation and cloud cost reduction.

Product overview

Huskeys offers the first Edge Security Management (ESM) platform, an AI-powered control plane that overlays existing Web Application Firewalls to improve their transparency, context, and control without replacing them. The platform unifies security across CDN, WAF, infrastructure, and applications using patent-pending agentic AI technology. The core platform includes Edge Posture Management for continuous security assessment, Application Rule Tuning for building business-context-aware rules, and Orchestration for automating the full rule lifecycle. The company has also developed supplementary research tools including a Vulnerability Assessment Lab for testing WAF rule effectiveness and a Vulnerability Scanner for identifying exposed assets. The platform integrates with multi-WAF environments including AWS WAF, Azure WAF, Cloudflare, and Akamai.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Huskeys Edge Security Management (ESM) Platform AI-powered control plane that sits on top of existing WAF and edge infrastructure (Cloudflare, AWS WAF, Akamai, Azure) to unify security across CDN, WAF, infrastructure, and applications. Provides continuous visibility, optimization, and orchestration of WAF rules and policies, reducing false positives by 80%+, cutting manual WAF tuning effort by 90%+, and improving website performance by 40%+ while preserving revenue from blocked legitimate traffic.

Quantifiable outcome

• Minutes to deploy with read-only API access — outcomes for years without replacing existing WAF infrastructure
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AWScoreTechnology or IntegrationAWS is a technology and platform partner. Huskeys is available in the AWS Marketplace, enabling AWS customers to procure the ESM platform. AWS co-sponsors the Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with CrowdStrike and NVIDIA.
• GlobalDotsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a partner on the Huskeys website, likely serving as a channel/reseller or implementation partner for distributing the ESM platform to end customers.
• CrowdStrikecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCrowdStrike co-sponsors the Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with AWS and NVIDIA. As a flagship partner of the accelerator, CrowdStrike provides mentorship, technical expertise, and ecosystem connections that support Huskeys' go-to-market efforts.
• NVIDIAcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNVIDIA co-sponsors the Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with CrowdStrike and AWS. Provides AI frameworks and technical expertise to selected startups as part of the eight-week accelerator program.
• Intel IgniteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIntel Ignite is listed as an accelerator partnership on the About Us page, providing mentorship and ecosystem support for Huskeys' growth and market positioning.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Tufin: Tufin offers security policy orchestration across network and cloud environments, providing unified visibility and automated change management — directly comparable to Huskeys' multi-WAF unified control plane and orchestration engine. Both target enterprise security operations teams seeking to reduce manual configuration overhead.
• FireMon: FireMon delivers firewall policy management, risk analysis, and compliance automation, paralleling Huskeys' mission to make security infrastructure transparent, measurable, and easier to operate. Both vendors compete for enterprise SecOps budget that is currently consumed by manual policy and rule management.
• AlgoSec: AlgoSec provides security policy management and automation across firewalls and cloud environments, conceptually the closest analog to Huskeys' multi-WAF orchestration and policy automation thesis. Both vendors sell to enterprise security teams seeking unified visibility and lifecycle automation across heterogeneous infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Wiz: Wiz is a cloud security posture management leader that addresses a broader cloud-native attack surface but shares the same enterprise buyer and 'unified visibility across multi-vendor stacks' value proposition. Wiz is already a Huskeys partner, indicating ecosystem adjacency rather than head-to-head competition.
• Imperva: Imperva provides WAF, API security, bot management, and DDoS protection across cloud and on-premises environments, overlapping with several Huskeys features. Both vendors compete for enterprise application security budget focused on protecting web-facing properties.
• Akamai: Akamai App & API Protector and Kona Site Defender are established WAF offerings that Huskeys integrates with as a first-class multi-WAF citizen. Both target large enterprises operating high-volume web properties with security and performance requirements.
• Cloudflare: Cloudflare is a leading native WAF, CDN, and edge security vendor that Huskeys integrates with and that could potentially absorb Huskeys' capabilities into its own stack. Both serve enterprise customers seeking edge-layer protection for high-traffic web applications.

Emerging players

• SafeBreach: SafeBreach is a breach and attack simulation platform that validates the effectiveness of security controls including WAFs, addressing the same 'we cannot measure what matters' problem Huskeys articulates. Both vendors position around proving — not assuming — security control value.
• Datadome: Datadome is a bot mitigation and online fraud protection vendor that overlaps with Huskeys' bot, abuse, and false positive reduction capabilities. Both serve large enterprises that need to protect revenue-critical web flows from automated and malicious traffic.
• Cymulate: Cymulate provides breach and attack simulation and continuous security validation, directly relevant to Huskeys' stated gap of enterprises being unable to measure WAF effectiveness. Both vendors sell outcome-based security validation to enterprise CISOs and security operations teams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors15 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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