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Pistachio

Karvesvingen 7, Oslo, 0579, Norway

Overview

Pistachio is an Oslo-based automated awareness training platform that delivers AI-powered, personalized cybersecurity training and simulated attacks to employees via email, Slack, or Microsoft Teams. Founded in 2019 and rebranded from CYBR in 2023, the platform runs autonomously and tailors simulations and feedback based on individual user behavior and learning patterns. The company reports a presence in 16 countries, users across 99 countries, and over 600 corporate customers, including the University of St Andrews and The RiskPoint Group. With fresh capital from its Series A, Pistachio plans to scale its AI capabilities and expand its engineering and sales teams. A new office in Valencia marks the start of physical expansion across Europe, with North America next in line. The product aims to move organizations from static, compliance-driven training to continuous, intelligent risk mitigation embedded in daily tools. Pistachio (formerly CYBR) provides a platform that uses artificial intelligence to assess each employee’s security strengths and weaknesses through simulated cyber attacks. After creating an individual profile, the platform sets up a fully individualized security training program and continues simulated attacks until an employee’s training reaches a satisfactory level. The company intends to use new funding to accelerate growth into new European and North American markets. Pistachio reports an MRR of €60,000, serves over 100 customers across eight European countries, and has 26 employees. The business is led by co-founder and CEO Mohammed Awais. To date, the company has raised €5.4M in total.

Total raised
$11M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Apr 2025

Industries

  • Corporate Training
  • Cyber Security
  • SaaS
  • Training
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Apr 2025

    $7M

  2. Equity

    Aug 2023

    $4M

Team

  • Joe Jones

    Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

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  • Mohammed Awais

    Co-Founder

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  • Jaan Kitchuk

    Co-Founder

  • Marina Gwerder

    Finance Manager

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