Rapid7, Inc.

Rapid7 helps companies find and fix security weak spots before attackers do. The company was founded in 2000 in Boston. It went public in 2015.

The whole business rests on one honest idea. You cannot protect what you cannot see. So Rapid7 starts by mapping a customer environment, then hunts for the holes.

InsightVM scans for vulnerabilities across servers, laptops, and cloud systems. It ranks them by real risk, not just raw counts. InsightIDR watches for intruders and flags strange behavior, acting as a modern detection and response system. InsightCloudSec keeps cloud setups from drifting into unsafe states.

Say a new flaw hits a popular web server on a Friday night. Thousands of machines are suddenly exposed. Rapid7 shows a security team exactly which machines are at risk and which to patch first. That focus saves precious hours.

Rapid7 also gives back to the community through Metasploit, a widely used open source hacking framework that testers rely on around the world. That tool builds goodwill and pulls talent toward the brand.

Revenue runs around $800 million a year, and roughly 11,000 customers rely on the platform. Gross margins sit near 70 percent. Rapid7 competes with bigger names, so it keeps sharpening its focus on clear, practical risk reduction.