Splunk

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Funding & valuation

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

Research map notes

• Research map · SIEM · Acquired Splunk under Cisco — WideField Security into Splunk Agentic SOC (closed Jul 31, 2026); not a standalone Splunk mcap (recorded Oct 1, 2026)
• Research map · AI SOC · Acquired Splunk under Cisco — WideField Security closed into Cisco/Splunk Jul 31, 2026 (intent Jun 2026; SDxCentral / Cisco blog) as Agentic SOC identity/session telemetry tuck-in; not a standalone Splunk or WideField mcap Source (recorded Oct 1, 2026)

Versus matchups

• Cortex XSOAR vs Splunk SOARSOAR · This weekvs Palo Alto Networks · editorial call: Cortex XSOAR wins
• Splunk Enterprise Security vs Microsoft SentinelSIEM · Archivevs Microsoft · editorial call: Splunk Enterprise Security wins

Versus calls are editorial, not audited market share.

Competitors

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

• CriblPrivateTelemetry / security data pipeline (SIEM-adjacent) expanding into SOC via CardinalOps detection engineering…
• MicrosoftPublic · MSFTIdentity, endpoint, cloud, email, and SOC tooling integrated across Microsoft 365 and Azure.
• HuntersPrivateNext-gen SIEM / SOC platform with open security data lake, built-in detections, and Pathfinder agentic…
• Query.AIPrivateFederated search/investigation layer so SOC analysts query SIEM, EDR, cloud, and identity data where it…
• AnvilogicPrivateAgentic detection engineering and Detection-as-Code across SIEM and data lakes.
• Palo Alto NetworksPublic · PANWEnterprise security platform spanning NGFW, SASE, CNAPP, and Cortex SOC analytics.
• SentinelOnePublic · SAutonomous endpoint and extended detection with AI-led response.
• 7AIPrivateMulti-agent AI SOC (Cybereason co-founders); swarming agents cover detection-to-response on the existing…
• ExaforcePrivateAI-native SOC with real-time security knowledge graph and Exabot agents, plus MDR overlay.
• Observo AIAcquired by SentinelOneAI-ready telemetry pipeline from the Observo acquisition (closed Sep 2025, ~$225M) — reduce-and-route before…
• StrikeReadyPrivateComposite AI platform purpose-built for SOC teams: unmetered AI coverage across alerts, incidents,…
• ExabeamPrivateAI-driven SIEM/UEBA and TDIR (merged with LogRhythm; Thoma Bravo-owned).