Nightfall AI
Nightfall AI sells data loss prevention software that scans SaaS, devices and AI apps for sensitive data leaks. The company raised $60M in a 2022 Series B and employs 118 people.
The growth story
Nightfall AI grew from 58 to 118 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $60M along the way, most recently a Series B in August 2022.
About
Nightfall's software helps security teams detect and block sensitive data from being shared improperly across cloud apps, employee devices and generative AI tools. It targets both startups and large enterprises looking to automate data protection.
The company last raised funding in mid-2022 and has a typical Series B-sized team of 118 employees. Engineering makes up over a quarter of staff, reflecting the product's technical focus on scanning and policy enforcement.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest department with 32 staff, suggesting heavy investment in core scanning and detection capabilities. The median tenure of 2 years indicates moderate turnover for a venture-backed security startup.
The Nightfall AI org chart
Rohan Sathe (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 20 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 38 (+12% YoY), Sales 16 (+78% YoY), Business Development 8 (+14% YoY), Information Technology 7 (+75% YoY), Operations 6 (+50% YoY), Administrative 5 (+25% YoY).
Talent flow
Nightfall recruits heavily from VMware and Amazon, drawing 4 hires from each. Alumni frequently move to other security and infrastructure startups like Cloudflare (3 hires) and Databricks (2). Three staff founded companies including unloq, which employs 17 people.
Most common previous employers of Nightfall AI staff: VMware (4), Amazon (4), Cyberhaven (3), Uber (3), Trellix (3), Flipkart (3). Former Nightfall AI employees most often moved to Cloudflare (3), Kong (2), Anomalo (2), Databricks (2), Torq (2), Abnormal AI (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Nightfall AI mafia
Three alumni founded companies including unloq (17 staff), Cymba Labs and h4l.ai, showing entrepreneurial spillover from Nightfall's engineering team.
3Raunak Agrawal, was Software Developer until 2024Charlie Carr, was Business Development until 2021Nicholas Hobbs, was Data Analyst until 2019Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 22% direct, 54% search, 20% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Nightfall AI: SQL (29), Leadership (28), Python (Programming Language) (25), C++ (24), Java (23), C (Programming Language) (21), Software Development (19), Linux (19).
Where the team actually sits
Nightfall AI people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (19), San Francisco Bay Area (10), California, United States (9), Tennessee, United States (3).
Search footprint
Nightfall AI attracts about 15,220 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $97K a month if bought through ads. It gained 2,596 ranking keywords and lost 2,167 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.90 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.90 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.90 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Nightfall AI has 118 employees as of September 2026.
Nightfall AI has raised $60M in total, most recently a Series B round in August 2022.
Nightfall AI was founded in 2018 by Isaac Madan, Rohan Sathe.
Rohan Sathe (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Nightfall AI's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Nightfall AI staff are VMware (4 people), Amazon (4 people), Cyberhaven (3 people).
Former Nightfall AI employees most often move to Cloudflare (3), Kong (2), Anomalo (2).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Nightfall AI, including unloq, Cymba Labs, h4l.ai.
Nightfall AI attracts about 15,220 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $97K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Nightfall AI staff are SQL, Leadership, Python (Programming Language), C++, Java.
Nightfall AI staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (19), San Francisco Bay Area (10), California, United States (9).
Nightfall AI has about 38 people in Engineering, up 12% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Nightfall AI has about 16 people in Sales, up 78% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 68 current and 153 former Nightfall AI profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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