Hex-Rays

Categories

Also tagged in What's The Use: ads, agentic-development-security, autonomous-vulnerability-research

Funding & valuation

Funding: Undisclosed — no round recorded in the CyberMerge Funding Tracker.

Research map notes

• Research map · Vulnerability Management · Acquiring Hex-Rays (private, Belgium; IDA Pro) is acquiring HexAI, formerly Ventris, in a deal valued at $30M–$35M (Calcalist, Oct 18, 2026). Six-person team, no outside funding; agent workflows for vulnerability, malware and backdoor research in source and binaries. Source (recorded Oct 19, 2026)

Competitors

Same-category peers from CyberMerge Research maps, Startup Radar and What's The Use tags.

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• CoherePrivateCanadian enterprise / sovereign AI lab (private).
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• OX SecurityPrivateAI-native AppSec from prompt to runtime: ASPM/PBOM, VibeSec for AI-generated code, plus OX Cloud CNAPP with…
• Aikido SecurityPrivateUnified developer AppSec suite (SAST/SCA/secrets/cloud/runtime) with autofix; European unicorn.
• ApiiroPrivateDeep-code ASPM with Risk Graph, design-phase AI threat modeling, AutoFix.
• ArmorCodePrivateUnified exposure / ASPM orchestration across AppSec, cloud, and AI findings.
• ChainguardPrivateSafe-source open-source: zero-CVE container images, libraries, and supply-chain factory.
• CycodePrivateAgentic ASPM/AST: deterministic+AI SAST, attack chaining, ADLC security from prompt to runtime.
• Endor LabsPrivateReachability SCA + AI-code AppSec agents for dependencies and AI-generated code.
• SocketPrivateOpen-source supply-chain defense: behavioral malware detection, Firewall, reachability, certified patches.
• Oligo SecurityPrivateRuntime exploit blocking / virtual patching for cloud-native and agentic/LLM apps.

Related CyberMerge stories

• Hex-Rays reportedly paid up to $35M for six people. It’s buying the harness, not the model. Oct 19, 2026 · M&A

On the desk

• M&A Activity · Oct 18, 2026 Hex-Rays, the Belgian maker of IDA Pro, is buying Ventris (now HexAI), a six-person Israeli startup building AI agents for security research, for $30M to $35M (per Calcalist Tech). Neither company has confirmed the price. Calcalist Tech (Ctech)
• Startup Radar · Oct 18, 2026 Exit watch: Ventris (now HexAI), six people and no outside capital, is selling to IDA Pro maker Hex-Rays for $30M to $35M less than a year after it was founded (per Calcalist Tech). Calcalist Tech (Ctech)
• Rumor Mill (unconfirmed) · Oct 18, 2026 Hex-Rays, the IDA Pro maker, is buying Israeli AI security-research startup Ventris, now HexAI, for $30M to $35M, per Calcalist Tech. Neither side has published a price. Calcalist Tech (Ctech)