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Q1 2026 · United States
8 cybersecurity startups based in United States ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration. Filtered from our broader Cybersecurity sector rankings.
Sorted by commit velocity change (14-day window, descending). Data last updated Q1 2026. Geography from GitHub org profiles.
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In Q1 2026, Infisical leads cybersecurity startups in United States with 399 commits over a 14-day window (+1496% change) and 100 active contributors. Across all 8 tracked United States-based startups in this sector, the average 14-day commit velocity is 196 commits. The dominant signal pattern is "Framework migration", which typically indicates significant technical migration, which often precedes a pivot or platform upgrade.
United States accounts for 8 of the cybersecurity startups in our tracking dataset for Q1 2026. This geographic view filters the broader sector rankings to help investors focused on United States-based deal flow identify engineering acceleration patterns within their target geography. Regional concentrations often reflect local regulatory environments, talent pools, and investor networks that shape startup trajectories differently from global averages.
We derive startup geography primarily from the GitHub organization profile location field, supplemented by a manually curated enrichment database of known startup headquarters. This means startups without a public GitHub location may appear in our global sector rankings but not in geographic filters. The geographic classification uses broad regions (United States, etc.) rather than city-level granularity to provide meaningful sample sizes for comparison.