Jericho Security
AI-powered platform for simulating social engineering attacks and training employees to resist them.
Website: https://www.jerichosecurity.com/
Cover Block
Public sources
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Jericho Security |
| Tagline | AI-powered platform for simulating social engineering attacks and training employees to resist them. [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] |
| Headquarters | New York, US [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026] |
| Founded | 2023 [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026] |
| Stage | Series A [The SaaS News, April 2025] |
| Business Model | SaaS |
| Industry | Security |
| Technology | AI / Machine Learning |
| Geography | North America |
| Growth Profile | Venture Scale |
| Founding Team | Sage Wohns, Tim Hwang, Dan Chyan [FinSMEs, August 2023] |
| Funding Label | $10M+ |
| Total Disclosed | Approximately $19,800,000 [Caplight, retrieved 2026] |
Links
Public sources
- Website: https://www.jerichosecurity.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jerichosecurity
Executive Summary
PUBLIC Jericho Security builds AI-generated social engineering simulations and employee training, a timely wedge because the company is aiming at a threat category, phishing, voice, SMS, and deepfake impersonation, that is becoming harder to address with static awareness tooling [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [Openlayer, March 2025]. Founded in 2023 in New York, the company was started by Sage Wohns, Tim Hwang, and Dan Chyan, combining prior AI company-building, policy and enterprise experience, and cybersecurity practice, according to company materials and early financing coverage [FinSMEs, August 2023] [TechCrunch, October 2016] [TechCrunch, March 2022]. The product centers on what Jericho calls CyberGPT, which the company says generates realistic attack simulations and training content across email, text, voice, and deepfake formats; the more credible point of differentiation, based on public evidence, is that scenarios are presented as dynamic and personalized rather than template-based [LinkedIn, retrieved 2026] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [Openlayer, March 2025].
The founder-market fit is stronger than average for a young security startup: Wohns previously co-founded Agolo and later served as its CEO, Hwang founded FiscalNote, and Chyan was identified by FinSMEs as a founding partner at PKC Security [TechCrunch, September 2013] [TechCrunch, March 2022] [TechCrunch, October 2016] [FinSMEs, August 2023]. On capitalization, Jericho disclosed a $3 million pre-seed in August 2023 led by Era and a $15 million Series A in April 2025 also led by Era Ventures; Caplight places total disclosed funding at roughly $19.8 million, while Preqin reports an additional undisclosed GO Ventures round in July 2026 [FinSMEs, August 2023] [The SaaS News, April 2025] [Caplight, retrieved 2026] [Preqin, retrieved 2026]. The company appears to sell a SaaS platform, with self-service and subscription language on public materials and sector targeting that spans government, healthcare, finance, insurance, technology, and charities, although customer proof remains limited in named third-party sources [Reuters, September 2025] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [FinSMEs, August 2023].
Over the next 12 to 18 months, the key questions are whether Jericho can convert a strong narrative around AI-native social engineering defense into repeatable enterprise adoption, broaden externally verifiable customer references, and show that its platform can extend beyond awareness training into a durable security budget line [EZ Newswire, September 2025] [Openlayer, March 2025] [Preqin, retrieved 2026]. Public evidence supports a credible early-stage company with relevant founders and a category-aligned product, but most operating claims still rely on company materials rather than broad independent verification [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [LinkedIn, retrieved 2026] [FinSMEs, August 2023].
Lightly corroborated -- Funding, founders, and formation are corroborated by independent sources, but many product and traction details remain company-sourced or partially corroborated.
Taxonomy Snapshot
| Axis | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage | Series A |
| Business Model | SaaS |
| Industry / Vertical | Security |
| Technology Type | AI / Machine Learning |
| Geography | North America |
| Growth Profile | Venture Scale |
| Founding Team | Co-Founders (3+) |
| Funding | $10M+ total disclosed, approximately $19.8M |
How the Company Got Here
PUBLIC
Jericho Security presents as a young security software company built around one narrow problem that has become materially more urgent since 2023: employees are now facing phishing and social-engineering attacks shaped by generative AI rather than static templates. Public company materials describe a New York-based business founded in 2023, offering an AI-powered platform that simulates phishing, SMS, voice, and deepfake attacks and trains employees to recognize them [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. The company is listed on Crunchbase as Jericho Security and is headquartered in New York, United States [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026].
The founding team appears to combine AI, company-building, and security backgrounds, which is directionally consistent with the product wedge the company is pursuing. Jericho names Sage Wohns, Tim Hwang, and Dan Chyan as founders or co-founders across its public profiles, with Sage Wohns identified on LinkedIn as CEO and Tim Hwang identified publicly as chairman and co-founder [LinkedIn, retrieved 2026] [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026]. On the company website, Jericho states that it targets enterprise and public-sector organizations facing newer forms of AI-enabled social engineering, including deepfake and voice-based impersonation attacks [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026].
Chronology is still short, but the visible milestones are straightforward. Crunchbase shows the company founded in 2023 and public company materials indicate an early focus on AI-generated phishing and social-engineering simulation from inception [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. The same public record shows Jericho expanding that positioning into public-sector messaging by 2026, including website materials around federal distribution and IL5 authorization claims, which suggest an effort to sell beyond standard corporate awareness budgets and into more compliance-sensitive environments [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026].
Lightly corroborated -- Core company identity and headquarters are corroborated by Crunchbase and the company website, but founder-role detail in this section relies partly on company-controlled profiles.
Product and Technology
MIXED Jericho Security is selling a narrower proposition than a general security-awareness platform. Public materials describe a SaaS product that uses generative AI to simulate phishing, SMS, voice, and deepfake social-engineering attacks, then train employees to identify and resist them [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [Reuters, September 2025]. The company also says its proprietary "CyberGPT" produces both attack simulations and training content, with reporting that lets security teams track employee performance over time [LinkedIn, retrieved 2026] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026].
The product surface appears designed around realism and iteration rather than static phishing templates. An Openlayer case study says Jericho's simulations are dynamic and personalized, intended to feel closer to real human interaction across email, text, and voice scenarios [Openlayer, March 2025]. Jericho's own materials add multilingual training support in English, Spanish, and Japanese, and describe tiered subscriptions from Jericho Lite through Premium, with broader enterprise options for larger buyers [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026].
A second thread in the public record is federal readiness, although the evidence is still partly company-led. Jericho says it achieved Impact Level 5 authorization on Second Front Systems' 2F Game Warden platform, and third-party coverage echoes that claim without adding much technical detail about deployment architecture or model controls [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [TipRanks.com]. That leaves the core product direction reasonably clear, AI-generated social-engineering simulation and associated employee training, while several deeper technical questions remain outside the verified record, including stack choices, model provenance, and how much of the simulation engine is rule-based versus model-driven.
Lightly corroborated -- Uses one independent product case study and one independent press item, but several material feature claims remain company-sourced.
Where the Demand Sits
PUBLIC
The market matters now because the threat model in security awareness has shifted faster than most incumbent training programs, with AI-generated phishing, voice cloning, and deepfake impersonation moving from edge case to board-level concern in a short window [Openlayer, March 2025] [EZ Newswire, September 2025].
Jericho Security is selling into the broader security awareness and anti-social-engineering budget, but the public record here does not support a clean TAM, SAM, and SOM build for the company itself. What can be said from public evidence is narrower and still useful: Jericho positions its product around simulations of phishing, SMS, voice, and deepfake attacks for enterprise security teams, and names government, healthcare, finance, insurance, technology, and charities as target sectors [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. That places the company at the intersection of security awareness training, phishing simulation, and emerging AI-risk preparedness, with a likely buyer set spanning security, IT, compliance, and risk functions according to the company materials and third-party database descriptions [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [Preqin, retrieved 2026].
The immediate demand driver is not generic cyber spend growth. It is the change in attack sophistication that makes static training libraries look dated. Jericho's own positioning, and Openlayer's March 2025 case study, both center on dynamic and personalized simulations that are meant to feel more like interactions with real people than conventional template-based phishing tests [Openlayer, March 2025] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. That framing aligns with the rise of AI-enabled social engineering described across the company's public materials, including voice cloning and deepfake impersonation scenarios, and it helps explain why a newer vendor can find room in a category long dominated by established awareness platforms [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [cybersecurityintelligence.com, retrieved 2026].
The adjacent markets are as important as the core one. Jericho is not only adjacent to legacy security awareness software; it also overlaps with phishing simulation, human risk management, deepfake detection, and public-sector cyber readiness. That adjacency broadens the opportunity but also complicates segmentation. The strongest public signal is the company's push into regulated and mission-sensitive environments, including its stated public-sector focus, its Carahsoft partnership announcement, and its reported IL5 authorization on Second Front Systems' 2F Game Warden platform, which if commercially meaningful could place Jericho inside procurement lanes that are harder for early companies to enter [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [TipRanks.com, retrieved 2026]. Public evidence does not establish revenue contribution from those channels, so the relevance is strategic rather than quantified.
Macro and regulatory forces also work in Jericho's favor, though with caveats. Enterprises in healthcare, finance, and government face persistent pressure to document workforce training and reduce exposure to social engineering, and Jericho's target list maps closely to those compliance-heavy sectors [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. At the same time, a more AI-specific layer is emerging: if attacks increasingly include synthetic media and impersonation, training programs that only test email hygiene may lose budget priority relative to platforms that can simulate newer modalities such as SMS, voice, and deepfake interactions [Openlayer, March 2025] [EZ Newswire, September 2025]. The public record supports that thesis directionally, but not yet with independent market-share or budget-shift data.
| Market lens | What public evidence supports | Source quality |
|---|---|---|
| Core category | Security awareness and phishing simulation for enterprises facing AI-enabled social engineering | Mixed, company plus third-party corroboration [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [Openlayer, March 2025] |
| Priority verticals | Government, healthcare, finance, insurance, technology, charities | Mostly company-described targeting [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] |
| Expansion adjacency | Public-sector procurement, deepfake defense, human risk management | Partial third-party support, limited commercial proof [TipRanks.com, retrieved 2026] [Preqin, retrieved 2026] |
| Buyer functions | Security, IT, compliance, risk teams (inferred from product positioning and sector focus) | Inference from cited product and profile descriptions [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [Preqin, retrieved 2026] |
The table shows a market that is easier to describe by budget adjacency than by a single clean category label. That usually helps early demand formation, but it also means investors should expect a longer period of category education and more variation in how customers define the problem.
Lightly corroborated -- This section relies on a mix of company materials and limited third-party corroboration from Openlayer, Preqin, EZ Newswire, TipRanks, and Cybersecurity Intelligence; no independent named third-party market sizing report was available in the provided source set.
Competitive Landscape
Positioning
MIXED Jericho Security is positioning itself against security awareness incumbents by focusing on AI-native simulations of phishing, SMS, voice, and deepfake attacks, rather than the broader compliance-oriented training catalogs that define much of the legacy market [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [Openlayer, March 2025].
| Company | Positioning | Stage / Funding | Notable Differentiator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jericho Security | AI-powered social engineering simulation and employee training for phishing, SMS, voice, and deepfake threats | Series A; approximately $19.8M total disclosed | Product centers on generative AI simulations, including voice and deepfake scenarios, with self-service deployment and performance reporting | [The SaaS News, April 2025] [Caplight, retrieved 2026] [Openlayer, March 2025] [Reuters, September 2025] |
| KnowBe4 | Security awareness training and phishing simulation incumbent | Private; funding details not provided in the source set | Large installed base and broad category recognition in awareness training | [Jericho Security, retrieved 2026] |
| HoxHunt | Behavior-focused human risk management and phishing training challenger | Funding details not provided in the source set | Positioned around behavior change and adaptive training workflows | [Jericho Security, retrieved 2026] |
| SoSafe | Security awareness and human risk management challenger | Funding details not provided in the source set | Enterprise awareness platform with a human risk framing | [Jericho Security, retrieved 2026] |
| Baited | Phishing simulation competitor | Funding details not provided in the source set | More narrowly associated with phishing simulation rather than broad awareness suites, based on available source context | [Jericho Security, retrieved 2026] |
The competitive map breaks into three workable groups. Incumbents such as KnowBe4 sit closest to the budget line item Jericho wants, since many enterprises already buy awareness training and phishing simulation as part of an annual security program [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. Challengers such as HoxHunt and SoSafe appear more aligned with Jericho's attempt to modernize the category around behavior and human risk, while narrower alternatives such as Baited compete more directly on simulated attack workflows [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. Adjacent substitutes also matter here: internal security teams can still run lightweight phishing programs themselves, and broader email-security or managed-security vendors can absorb parts of the problem even if they are not full substitutes for training software [Openlayer, March 2025].
Jericho's edge today appears to come from product framing and founder mix, not from scale. Public evidence supports that the platform is built around dynamic, personalized simulations that mimic real interactions, including voice and deepfake scenarios, which is a more specific wedge than generic awareness content libraries [Openlayer, March 2025] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. The founding bench also matters: Sage Wohns previously co-founded Agolo, while Tim Hwang founded FiscalNote, and Dan Chyan is described by FinSMEs as a cybersecurity expert and founding partner of PKC Security [TechCrunch, September 2013] [TechCrunch, October 2016] [FinSMEs, August 2023]. That combination may help with product conception and enterprise access, but the durability is still unproven. Simulation quality can improve with customer usage and content iteration, yet model-driven product advantages tend to be perishable if larger awareness vendors add similar AI attack generation into existing suites [Openlayer, March 2025] [Reuters, September 2025].
The main exposure is distribution. KnowBe4's likely advantage is not novelty but procurement gravity, since buyers that already run awareness programs may prefer to extend an incumbent rather than add a separate platform for AI-era scenarios [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. Jericho also shows some public-sector and defense positioning, including a reported IL5 authorization and a company-stated Department of Defense deployment claim, but those signals are still either company-sourced or lightly corroborated and do not yet establish a channel the company fully owns [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [TipRanks.com, retrieved 2026] [EZ Newswire, September 2025]. Just as important, the company does not appear from the public record here to compete as a broad email-security, identity, or managed detection platform, which limits its ability to collapse multiple security budgets into one purchase [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026].
The most plausible 18-month scenario is a segmentation of the category rather than a winner-take-all outcome. KnowBe4 is the likely winner if enterprise buyers decide AI-enabled social engineering can be handled as an add-on to an existing awareness stack, because incumbent distribution usually beats point-solution urgency in midmarket and large enterprise software [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. Jericho is the more plausible winner if deepfake, voice, and personalized simulation become their own buying criterion, especially in regulated or security-sensitive accounts that view static phishing templates as insufficient [Openlayer, March 2025] [EZ Newswire, September 2025]. In that same scenario, a narrower phishing-only player such as Baited looks most exposed if the category shifts from email simulation toward multimodal human-risk training, since product breadth around SMS, voice, and deepfake content would matter more than basic phishing coverage [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026].
Opportunity
Upside case
PUBLIC The prize is sizable if Jericho Security can become the system enterprises use to rehearse AI-native social engineering attacks before those attacks become a routine budget line.
The headline opportunity is not generic security awareness software. It is a more specific, and more valuable, position: the default simulation and behavioral training layer for phishing, SMS, voice, and deepfake attacks as those threat vectors converge into one problem for security teams [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [Openlayer, March 2025]. That outcome is reachable, not merely aspirational, because Jericho already appears to have three ingredients that matter in this category: a product built around newer attack formats rather than legacy phishing templates [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026], a funding base that has allowed it to keep building after its 2023 pre-seed and 2025 Series A [FinSMEs, August 2023] [The SaaS News, April 2025], and early public-sector positioning that could matter if procurement shifts toward platforms able to simulate AI-enabled impersonation risk [EZ Newswire, September 2025] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. The wedge is narrow enough to be legible and broad enough to expand.
A second reason the upside case deserves attention is timing. Jericho is selling against a threat narrative that has moved from abstract to board-level, with the company publicly centering deepfake, voice, and hyper-personalized phishing scenarios rather than only email testing [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. If buyers increasingly decide that static awareness modules are a weak defense against generative AI-driven attacks, the budget can consolidate around platforms that run realistic simulations and show measurable employee improvement over time [Openlayer, March 2025] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. In that version of the market, the category winner is not just a training vendor. It becomes part of the operating stack for security, compliance, and risk leaders.
| Scenario | What happens | Catalyst | Why it's plausible |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public-sector standard | Jericho turns its federal posture into a repeatable government sales motion, becoming a common simulation layer for agencies and adjacent contractors | IL5 authorization with Second Front Systems and federal channel activity through Carahsoft-related public-sector positioning [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [TipRanks.com] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] | The company has already publicized IL5 authorization and public-sector partnership efforts, which suggests it is building for procurement environments where security and deployment requirements can screen out weaker vendors [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] |
| Enterprise land-and-expand | Jericho enters through phishing simulation, then expands into multilingual training, voice, SMS, deepfake drills, reporting, and higher-tier subscriptions across large employers | Self-service platform launch and tiered Lite, Plus, Premium packaging [Reuters, September 2025] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] | The product already spans multiple attack surfaces and includes reporting for security teams, which creates a credible path from one use case to broader workforce coverage [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] [Openlayer, March 2025] |
| Channel-led category winner | Jericho uses investor and partner networks to distribute through resellers, security advisors, and ecosystem platforms rather than relying only on direct sales | The 2025 Series A and investor syndicate expansion, plus public partner announcements [The SaaS News, April 2025] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] | The company has assembled a broad venture syndicate and has started naming ecosystem partners, which can matter in a market where trust and procurement access often travel through intermediaries [FinSMEs, August 2023] [The SaaS News, April 2025] |
The compounding mechanism here is straightforward. Better simulations should produce more engagement and more performance data; more performance data should improve content quality, targeting, and reporting; better outcomes should support expansion from one department or one attack type into broader security-awareness spend [Openlayer, March 2025] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. Jericho's public claim that simulations are dynamic and personalized, plus its emphasis on CyberGPT-generated scenarios, points to a product that improves as the library of attack and response patterns grows, even if the exact underlying model advantage remains company-described rather than independently audited [LinkedIn, retrieved 2026] [cybersecurityintelligence.com].
Distribution could compound alongside product. A self-service entry point can lower friction for smaller deployments, while enterprise packaging and public-sector compliance work can raise deal size at the high end [Reuters, September 2025] [jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026]. If that model works, Jericho does not need to win every awareness-training buyer. It needs to become the specialist platform buyers add when AI-enabled impersonation risk starts to outrun legacy tooling.
The size of the win is best framed as scenario analysis, not a forecast. With roughly $19.8 million in disclosed funding to date according to Caplight [Caplight, retrieved 2026], Jericho is still early relative to the category size implied by enterprise security budgets and government procurement pathways. If the company were to become a recognized control point for AI-native social engineering defense across large enterprises or federal environments, the outcome could reasonably support venture-scale value creation well beyond its current financing base (scenario, not a forecast) [Caplight, retrieved 2026] [The SaaS News, April 2025]. The evidence in hand does not support a clean public valuation benchmark yet, but it does support a concrete upside case: a software company that sits at the intersection of security training, threat simulation, and AI-era human-risk management, with multiple credible paths to become materially larger than its present footprint [Openlayer, March 2025] [EZ Newswire, September 2025].
Lightly corroborated -- This section relies on a mix of company materials, one third-party case study, funding announcements, and database records. Several product and public-sector claims remain primarily company-sourced, while financing history is partially corroborated by independent outlets and databases.
Sources
Public sources
[jerichosecurity.com, retrieved 2026] Jericho Security | https://www.jerichosecurity.com/
[Crunchbase, retrieved 2026] Jericho Security - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jericho-security
[The SaaS News, April 2025] Jericho Security Raises $15M in Series A | https://www.jerichosecurity.com/resources/news/thesaasnews
[FinSMEs, August 2023] Jericho Security Raises $3M in Pre-Seed Funding | https://www.finsmes.com/2023/08/jericho-security-raises-3m-in-pre-seed-funding.html
[Caplight, retrieved 2026] Jericho Security - Financial Details | https://www.caplight.com/company/jericho-security
[Openlayer, March 2025] Jericho Security case study | https://www.openlayer.com/customers/jericho-security-phishing-simulation-and-training-company
[TechCrunch, October 2016] FiscalNote raises $25M as it expands its data-driven advocacy platform to a global stage | https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/25/fiscalnote-raises-25m-as-it-expands-its-data-driven-advocacy-platform-to-a-global-stage/
[TechCrunch, March 2022] Agolo acquires employee communication platform Tone | https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/15/agolo-acquires-employee-communication-platform-tone/
[LinkedIn, retrieved 2026] Jericho Security | LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/jerichosecurity
[Preqin, retrieved 2026] Jericho Security - Profile | https://www.preqin.com/data/profile/asset/jericho-security--inc-/558268
[TechCrunch, September 2013] Agolo Aims To Algorithmically Curate Your Twitter Feed | https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/27/agolo-aims-to-algorithmically-curate-your-twitter-feed/
[EZ Newswire, September 2025] Jericho Security Unveils AI-Powered Phishing Defense Platform with $15 Million in Funding | https://www.eznewswire.com/newsroom/jericho-security-ai-phishing-defense-platform-15-million-funding
[TipRanks.com, retrieved 2026] Jericho Security Achieves IL5 Authorization with Second Front Systems | https://www.tipranks.com/news/company-announcements/jericho-security-achieves-il5-authorization-with-second-front-systems
[cybersecurityintelligence.com, retrieved 2026] Jericho Security Is Leading The Charge Against AI-Powered Cyber Threats | https://www.cybersecurityintelligence.com/blog/jericho-security-is-leading-the-charge-against-ai-powered-cyber-threats-8123.html
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