Cyera acquires Genie Security in an estimated $50 million deal

Calcalist reports that Cyera acquired Genie Security for an estimated $50 million — a fast exit for a company founded only five months ago with roughly five employees. Genie had raised about $3 million in seed funding from Mensch Capital and Dynamic Loop, with angels including Assaf Rappaport (Wiz) and executives from Okta and Elastic.

What Genie Does

Genie builds endpoint-based data protection: agents on organizational endpoints that identify, in real time, attempts to leak sensitive information — including through human actions and use of generative AI tools such as Claude and similar systems. Calcalist says the product was already deployed across hundreds of endpoints in Israel and the United States despite the company’s short operating history.

Founders Nadav Noy (CEO) and Noam Dotan (CTO), both with Unit 8200 and prior cybersecurity startup backgrounds, will join Cyera’s enterprise DLP division. The technology is expected to fold into Cyera’s broader platform, which the company says is deployed at a meaningful share of Fortune 500 customers.

Cyera’s Acquisition Spree

The deal continues an aggressive buying streak for Cyera, recently valued around $9 billion. Prior acquisitions cited in the same reporting include Trail Security (roughly $162 million), Ryft (estimated $100 million), plus Otterize and Shape AI — with headcount reportedly near 1,500 across 15 countries.

For DLP practitioners, the interesting question is how endpoint DLP depth from Genie complements Cyera’s DSPM and cloud-discovery story. Trail was positioned as AI-powered DLP; Genie is explicitly endpoint- and exfiltration-oriented, including GenAI upload and paste paths. That is closer to the channel coverage gaps many teams still care about when they evaluate “DSPM plus enforcement.”

DLPTest Take

We will watch for a formal Cyera press release with product integration detail — especially whether Genie’s endpoint controls ship as a distinct SKU or merge into existing Cyera DLP modules. Until then, treat this as another signal that DSPM leaders are buying enforcement and insider-adjacent capabilities rather than stopping at discovery and posture alone.