Abnormal AI Named to CNBC Disruptor 50 List for Third Consecutive Year

The recognition reflects Abnormal's position at the forefront of AI-native cybersecurity, and a year of milestone product innovation, global expansion, and industry accolades

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abnormal AI, the leader in behavioral AI security, today announced it has been named to the CNBC Disruptor 50 for the third consecutive year. The annual list spotlights the most innovative private companies reshaping the global economy, and Abnormal's continued inclusion underscores its sustained product innovation, growth, and the compounding advantage of building AI-native from the start.

"The cybersecurity industry is splitting in two,” said Evan Reiser, Founder and CEO of Abnormal AI. “On one side are traditional security vendors applying AI as a layer on top of legacy architectures. On the other are AI-native companies that have built their entire detection engine around behavioral intelligence – training their own models, learning from the threat patterns and attacks mitigated across their customer base, and stopping attacks that no rule or signature could anticipate. The companies defining the next era of cybersecurity are the ones that made that architectural bet early. Abnormal made it eight years ago, and we've been compounding on it ever since."

Abnormal was founded on the belief that understanding normal behavior – not cataloging known threats – is a more durable defense against evolving attacks, including AI-generated attacks that are designed to look different every time. The company trains its own behavioral foundation models on behavioral patterns and identity signals to build a deep understanding of normal activity across identities, vendors, and workflows in an organization’s environment. When something deviates from that baseline – an attack, a compromise, a risk – the Abnormal Behavior Platform detects and remediates it automatically. Today, the platform protects over 4,500 customers, including more than 25% of the Fortune 500.

The CNBC Disruptor 50 is curated by CNBC's editorial team with input from data partners PitchBook and IBISWorld, as well as the Disruptor 50 Advisory Council, which is composed of experts in innovation and entrepreneurship who evaluate companies based on a blend of quantitative and qualitative insights. The recognition acknowledges how Abnormal is leveraging cutting-edge technology and scalable models to challenge incumbents and drive real-world impact.

The company has continued its strong trajectory by hitting landmark milestones over the last year – from launching Attune 1.0, a behavioral foundation model trained on more than one billion derived behavioral signals to date to detect personalized AI-driven cyberattacks; to achieving both FedRAMP Moderate and GovRAMP Authorization in a single year, opening the door to public sector deployment; and expanding its global footprint across Europe and Asia Pacific.

This third consecutive CNBC Disruptor 50 caps a year of sustained industry recognition, adding to honors that include the Fortune Cyber 60, the Enterprise Tech 30, the Forbes Cloud 100, and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers.

About Abnormal AI

Abnormal AI is the leading behavioral AI security platform. Our anomaly detection engine analyzes identity and behavior to detect sophisticated attacks and compromised accounts across email and connected applications. Abnormal deploys in minutes via API integration with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, with additional protection available for Slack, Workday, ServiceNow, Zoom, and other cloud applications. Abnormal is trusted by thousands of organizations, including more than 25% of the Fortune 500. Learn more at abnormal.ai.