
Cantina
Cantina is a cybersecurity company specializing in Security Operations, founded in 2021 and headquartered in United States. It has raised $16.5M in equity across 3 priced rounds, employs about 310 people, and is privately held.
updated Oct 11, 2026
Latest Cantina news and company activity
What Cantina did, dated — selected moves from the record, one per kind, newest first.
- Oct 2026Product launchCan an Open Model Do Security Research? Cantina's apex-flash-1 Solves 40 of 60 Held-Out Bug Tasks
- Sep 2026Product launchCantina Unveils The Brain to Give Autonomous Security Agents Persistent Knowledge of An Organization's Environment
- Aug 2026PartnershipCantina Joins OpenAI's Call for Collective Cyber Defense
- Jul 2026Funding round
Cantina Momentum score
72/ 100climbing
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Cantina funding
Cantina has raised $16.5M in priced equity. Its most recent round was a Venture Round in July 2026. It has 3 funding rounds on record: Pre-Seed, Seed, and Venture Round. 7 investors are on record, including Framework Ventures and 1kx.
- Equity raised
- $16.5M3 priced rounds
- Last round
- Venture RoundJul 2026
Cantina employees and hiring
As of September 2026, Cantina has about 310 employees, up 5% over the last 30 days.
- Employees
- 310
- 30-day change
- +5%
- Open roles
- 0
Cantina competitors
Competitors of Cantina include Inspectiv. The full competitive set, with overlap scoring, is in the platform.
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