
Splunk Inc.
Splunk Inc. is a cybersecurity company specializing in Security Operations, founded in 2003 and headquartered in San Jose, United States. It has raised $40M in equity across 5 priced rounds, employs about 8,552 people, and was acquired by Cisco in 2023.
updated Oct 16, 2026
Latest Splunk Inc. news and company activity
What Splunk Inc. did, dated — selected moves from the record, one per kind, newest first.
- Oct 2026PartnershipSplunk Agent Observability Becomes Launch Partner for Claude Platform's OpenTelemetry Export
- Oct 2026Feature launchSplunk Enterprise Security 8.7 Launches with Governed Response and Stronger Automation
- Oct 2026Customer winIndiana Office of Technology uses Splunk Observability to keep state services reliable
- Sep 2026Exec changeSplunk Appoints New Chief Legal Officer
Splunk Inc. funding
Splunk Inc. has raised $40M in priced equity. Its most recent round was a Venture Round in September 2010.
- Equity raised
- $40M5 priced rounds
- Last round
- Venture RoundSep 2010
Splunk Inc. employees and hiring
Splunk Inc. has about 8,552 employees, down 1% over the last 30 days.
- Employees
- 8,552
- 30-day change
- -1%
- Open roles
- 0
Splunk Inc. competitors
Security professionals most often compare Splunk Inc. against Microsoft, Sevii, and Datadog on cybersectools.com. 7 more are in the platform, with overlap scoring.
ranked by CybersecTools comparison demand, 90 days
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