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AI-powered security testing for modern applications and APIs

Paris, FranceFounded 2020Cybersecurity

Valuation $100–250M Last recorded · 2026

Revenue $1–10M Latest reported FY

Headcount <100 Current team size

Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding

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About Escape

Escape is a Paris cybersecurity company founded in 2020 by Tristan Kalos (CEO) and Antoine Carossio (CTO) that builds an offensive security engineering platform of AI agents for attack-surface discovery, business-logic-aware dynamic testing, continuous pentesting and remediation across APIs, SPAs and modern apps. After a $3.9 million (€3.6 million) IRIS- and Frst-led seed following Y Combinator W23, in March 2026 Escape raised an $18 million Series A led by Balderton Capital with Uncorrelated Ventures, IRIS and Y Combinator to deepen AI agent capabilities and expand engineering and go-to-market in the US and Europe. Sources: Tech.eu 10 Mar 2026; Balderton; Escape blog.

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At a glance

Status: Operational
Founded: 2020
Headquarters: Paris, France
Employees: 37
Open positions: 6
Dealroom signal: 91.0/100
Industry: Security
Sub-industry: Cloud & Infrastructure
Sector: Spinout, Cybersecurity, YC W23, observatoire ia
Technology: Artificial Intelligence
Business model: SaaS
Client focus: b2b
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Open roles

2 open roles

DevSecOps Engineer - Final year Internship - Stage PFEEngineering · Paris Office · Remote · 2w ago Account Executive Nordics/UK - AI & SecuritySales · Sweden · Remote · 3mo ago

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Funding history

5 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal type	Date	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
SERIES A✓Equity / VC	Mar 2026	$18M	$72M	Uncorrelated · Balderton Capital · IRIS · Y Combinator	↗
SEED✓Equity / VC	Jun 2023	$3.9M	$16M	Y Combinator · Frst Capital · IRIS · Irregular Expressions	↗

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Revenue over time

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Escape website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Escape is 49K monthly website visits, up 40% over the last three months. Escape's team grew 0% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits49K 3-month web change+40% 1-year team growth0%

Monthly website visitsAug 2020–Jul 2026

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Open positions

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Technical Account Manager | AI AppSecNew York, New York, United States, Northern America, Americas · Sales · Aug 28, 2026 Technical Account Manager | AI AppSecNew York, NY · Sales · Aug 27, 2026 Sales Director US | AI AppSecNew York, New York, United States, Northern America, Americas · Sales · Jul 12, 2026 Head of SalesNew York, New York, United States · Sales · Oct 28, 2025

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