Verdict Machine

AI cybersecurity for financial institutions' digital assets

2.5Score#507 of 999 agents#4 of 5 in SOC analyst

Why it ranks #507

Verdict Machine, an AI SOC analyst from YC S26, ranks #507 of 999 AI agents and #4 of 5 in SOC analyst, with a score of 2.5 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 2 × 30% 0.6
Momentum 4 × 25% 1.0
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 2.5

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
2
4 people.
- +2
  4 people on its YC page3 or 4 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
4
Shows a recent launch and a new batch.
- +3
  Launched in the last 6 monthsVerdict Machine: AI cybersecurity for financial institutions’ digital assetsLaunch YC post · 17 Aug 2026
- +1
  New: YC Summer 2026
Not found: open roles on YC (+2), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 74% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 20% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 3% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Verdict Machine

Verdict Machine uses AI to understand each financial institution's complete on-chain environment, assess its cyber risk and generate tailored controls. The same live model powers transaction prevention, continuous cyber diligence, security posture and cost-efficient wallet screening. Before execution, Verdict Machine evaluates proposed transactions against the institution's active policies.

In our first weeks, we started POCs with asset managers and digital-asset infrastructure providers whose systems move billions of dollars every week for financial institutions. We're now in active evaluations with digital-asset teams at some of the world's largest banks.

The founding team launched and led blockchain security at Check Point (NASDAQ: CHKP).