Andesite

Andesite builds the bionic SOC, a human-AI collaboration platform for cyber defense teams that automates triage, enrichment, and investigation across 100% of alerts while analysts oversee the workflows and own the critical decisions. Context-Aware AI aggregates data from across distributed IT environments and consolidates fragmented silos, giving analysts the context and visibility to make informed decisions in actionable output; adaptive automation streamlines workflows spanning threat intelligence to response. Analysts can extract attack techniques (TTPs) from a security bulletin and scan their environment for them in minutes rather than hours or days. The design philosophy is explicit augmentation rather than replacement: the company argues security analysts are irreplaceable for intuitive pattern recognition and creative judgment, and its stated vision is a symbiotic relationship that elevates analysts of every skill level. Evidentiary AI makes every AI-driven decision auditable and explainable with no black boxes, and a secure AI architecture keeps sensitive data within predefined boundaries, never used to train external models. Built-in compliance aligns to SOC 2 Type I, NIST 800-53 (High), NIST CSF, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework for regulated environments, and the company achieved FedRAMP High In Process designation in January 2026 for public sector work. Founded by former CIA Special Activities Center director Brian Carbaugh with a leadership bench of CIA, NSA-adjacent, JPMorgan, and Salesforce security veterans, and Chris Inglis, the former US National Cyber Director, on its board, Andesite has traction in national security, financial services, and healthcare, with a growing MSSP motion. Within the AI-SOC-analyst cluster, Andesite is the analyst-augmentation entrant with the deepest national-security pedigree and an evidence-first governance story.