RSAC accelerator finalists named
Six cybersecurity startups were named finalists for the RSAC 2026 accelerator, judged by leaders from CrowdStrike, AWS, and Nvidia, with pitches focused on agentic AI, edge security, and cloud‑native defense. The shortlist reflects investor and vendor focus areas for next‑gen cloud security tooling. (stocktitan.net)
Finalists named: Above Security, Capsule Security, Evoke Security, Jazz, Nimble Security and Vivid Security will present live at Startup Nest on March 24, 2026 from 2–4 PM at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. (businesswire.com)) The live judging panel is led by George Kurtz, CEO and founder of CrowdStrike; CJ Moses, chief information security officer at Amazon; Bartley Richardson, senior director of agentic AI and cybersecurity engineering at NVIDIA; and investor/entrepreneur Robert Herjavec. (businesswire.com)) Those six finalists were selected from nearly 1,000 global applicants after the accelerator cohort was narrowed from the 35 startups CrowdStrike, AWS and NVIDIA announced on January 5 as the 2026 program cohort. (businesswire.com)) The program offers a path to follow‑on capital: the RSAC accelerator winner may be considered for investment from the CrowdStrike Falcon® Fund, which co‑invests alongside lead investors such as Accel. (disrupts.com)) CrowdStrike reports the accelerator has graduated 59 startups to date that collectively raised more than $730 million post‑participation, underscoring measurable exit and funding outcomes for alumni. (secure.businesswire.com)) NVIDIA’s inclusion of a senior director for “agentic AI and cybersecurity engineering” on the judging panel and CrowdStrike’s public remarks tie the accelerator’s 2026 focus explicitly to agentic AI, cloud‑native security and scalable AI‑first defenses. (businesswire.com))
