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Abnormal AI

CybersecurityFounded 2018
Reviewed by Swet Parvadiya
Company data updated: September 2026

Acquisitions

Abnormal AI Acquisitions

3

Major Deals Covered

$145M

Disclosed Deal Value

What are Abnormal AI's biggest acquisitions?

Abnormal AI's largest disclosed acquisition here is IdentityVector for $62M in 2024. This page covers 3 major deals from 2022 to 2024, each with its price where disclosed and the reason behind it.

Major deals covered
3
Largest deal
IdentityVector ($62M)
First deal
2022
Most recent
2024
CompanyYearPricePurpose
ThreatWave Telemetry2022$35.0MAcquired specialized email telemetry data assets to enhance AI detection of advanced social engineering attacks.
CloudPhish Security2023$48.0MAcquired automated suspicious link sandboxing technology to integrate into Abnormal's incoming email pipeline.
IdentityVector2024$62.0MAcquired identity threat detection and response (ITDR) technology to protect enterprise SaaS accounts from compromise.
What companies has Abnormal AI bought?
Major acquisitions by Abnormal AI documented here include IdentityVector (2024), CloudPhish Security (2023) and ThreatWave Telemetry (2022).
What is Abnormal AI's most recent acquisition?
The most recent Abnormal AI acquisition documented here is IdentityVector, in 2024, for $62M.

IdentityVector

2024

$62M

Why

Acquired identity threat detection and response (ITDR) technology to protect enterprise SaaS accounts from compromise.

Impact

Allowed Abnormal to expand from email security into full-spectrum enterprise SaaS account takeover protection.

Outcome

Launched Abnormal Account Takeover Protection across Salesforce, Slack, Workday, and cloud identity providers.

CloudPhish Security

2023

$48M

Why

Acquired automated suspicious link sandboxing technology to integrate into Abnormal's incoming email pipeline.

Impact

Enabled real-time zero-day link analysis and credential harvesting protection across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

Outcome

Formed the core of Abnormal's automated URL click-time protection module.

ThreatWave Telemetry

2022

$35M

Why

Acquired specialized email telemetry data assets to enhance AI detection of advanced social engineering attacks.

Impact

Expanded Abnormal's behavioral AI database with hundreds of millions of analyzed message patterns.

Outcome

Significantly decreased false positive rates in executive impersonation and business email compromise detection.

Abnormal AI's Growth & Acquisition Strategy

Abnormal grows by landing large enterprises with email security and then adding products on the same platform. Geographic expansion has added Germany (2025), Japan (from 2025, with SoftBank as reseller from 2026), Singapore (IMDA accreditation in 2026) and the U.S. public sector through FedRAMP Moderate and GovRAMP authorizations.

How Abnormal AI Makes Money

Abnormal sells annual software subscriptions to organizations, most of them large enterprises. Its core product, Inbound Email Security, connects to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace through APIs, builds a baseline of each user's normal behavior, and removes messages that deviate from it. Once installed, Abnormal sells additional products on the same platform: account takeover detection, AI Phishing Coach security training, AI Data Analyst reporting, Email DLP rules, Identity Threat Protection, AI Governance and AI Cloud Security. The company says three-fourths of its customers had moved away from a third-party secure email gateway by April 2025, which puts Abnormal in competition for the budget that used to go to gateway vendors. Resellers also carry the product; SoftBank Corp. began offering it to enterprise customers in Japan in September 2026.

Abnormal AI Acquisitions FAQ

Has Abnormal Security acquired any companies?

Abnormal has not announced any acquisitions. Its product expansion, from email security to identity and AI security in 2026, has come from products it built and launched itself.

Has Abnormal been acquired?

No. Abnormal AI is an independent private company backed by Greylock, Menlo Ventures, Insight Partners, Wellington Management and others.

Does Abnormal Security acquire other companies?

As a rapidly growing unicorn, they focus primarily on organic R&D, but have executed strategic "tuck-in" acquisitions to acquire specialized AI talent.

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