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Our thoughts on the Cybersecurity market and Infosec community.

February 28, 2023

Crossing the Streams: Getting Hacked by ChatGPT

While Generative AI is all the buzz, security remains the safe haven in a downturn.
January 31, 2023

Q1 Roadshow & the Generative AI Race Begins

Lytical is hitting the road this year, meeting with industry experts and partners! We’re stopping in Florida, Texas, Colorado, and more. Check out our full list of Q1 cities and let us know if you’re available.
December 31, 2022

Man VS AI, our predictions vs ChatGPT

We take on ChatGPT in this year-end wrap up as we, and ChatGPT, make three predictions each about the market in 2023. It will be interesting to see how our prognosis do compared to a large language model that reportedly costs over $12M to train.
December 20, 2022

Lytical Community Update

In our last Community Update, we talked about the movement of software applications to the public cloud and how cloud-native applications are built and behaving unlike their legacy counterparts. The shift in where applications are run and how they're built has spawned a new class of cloud-native cybersecurity...
November 30, 2022

Will Microsoft Become the Next CyberSecurity Juggernaut

The Q3 data is in and while deal count was higher than expected deal value is down 50% from Q3 2021. Speaking with CISOs, Chief Information Security Officers, we are seeing a shift towards Microsoft.
October 31, 2022

Why Would Investment Fall as Attacks Rise?

The third quarter appeared to be a mixed bag for companies in the cybersecurity space. Some saw a bit of softness in sales, with large deals being pushed out to Q4...
September 30, 2022

Slow September Deal Activity

Last month we questioned whether deal activity would bounce back in September, spoiler alert, it did not. Depending on the metric, deals were off ~40-50% in September YoY. This pullback is likely the result of a few factors…
August 31, 2022

Will deal activity come back in September?

While every investor I know said they were “open for business” what we saw in the market told a different story. It appears most investors were “pencils down” for August and on vacation. I expect we’ll see that deal volume dropped quite a bit in August for the first time in a couple of years.
July 31, 2022

Are VCs Really “Open for Business”?

Most VCs are saying publicly that they are "open for business," but the truth on the ground is more complicated. Also, come see us in Las Vegas.
July 31, 2022

WHITEPAPER: An Opportunity in Early-Stage Venture Capital in the Current Enviorment

Whitepaper Authored by Lytical Ventures Partners
June 30, 2022

Why cybersecurity is protected in this market downturn

While layoffs are happening at companies, CISOs are being spared from having to fire their employees. While some belt tightening has been asked of the leaders we spoke with, they will just be growing less YoY rather than actually shrinking their budgets.
May 31, 2022

What prominent VCs are saying about the downturn

After spiking the punch bowl several prominent firms admonish startups for drinking too much. We predict that RSA will have a large attendance in its first year back after covid.

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February 28, 2023

Crossing the Streams: Getting Hacked by ChatGPT

While Generative AI is all the buzz, security remains the safe haven in a downturn.
January 31, 2023

Q1 Roadshow & the Generative AI Race Begins

Lytical is hitting the road this year, meeting with industry experts and partners! We’re stopping in Florida, Texas, Colorado, and more. Check out our full list of Q1 cities and let us know if you’re available.
December 31, 2022

Man VS AI, our predictions vs ChatGPT

We take on ChatGPT in this year-end wrap up as we, and ChatGPT, make three predictions each about the market in 2023. It will be interesting to see how our prognosis do compared to a large language model that reportedly costs over $12M to train.
December 20, 2022

Lytical Community Update

In our last Community Update, we talked about the movement of software applications to the public cloud and how cloud-native applications are built and behaving unlike their legacy counterparts. The shift in where applications are run and how they're built has spawned a new class of cloud-native cybersecurity...
November 30, 2022

Will Microsoft Become the Next CyberSecurity Juggernaut

The Q3 data is in and while deal count was higher than expected deal value is down 50% from Q3 2021. Speaking with CISOs, Chief Information Security Officers, we are seeing a shift towards Microsoft.
October 31, 2022

Why Would Investment Fall as Attacks Rise?

The third quarter appeared to be a mixed bag for companies in the cybersecurity space. Some saw a bit of softness in sales, with large deals being pushed out to Q4...
September 30, 2022

Slow September Deal Activity

Last month we questioned whether deal activity would bounce back in September, spoiler alert, it did not. Depending on the metric, deals were off ~40-50% in September YoY. This pullback is likely the result of a few factors…
August 31, 2022

Will deal activity come back in September?

While every investor I know said they were “open for business” what we saw in the market told a different story. It appears most investors were “pencils down” for August and on vacation. I expect we’ll see that deal volume dropped quite a bit in August for the first time in a couple of years.
July 31, 2022

Are VCs Really “Open for Business”?

Most VCs are saying publicly that they are "open for business," but the truth on the ground is more complicated. Also, come see us in Las Vegas.