What we learned from Cybersecurity YC applications
Aggregate insights from real applications roasted on YC Roaster — the patterns YC partners look for, and the weaknesses that come up over and over.
Apps analyzed
8
Average score
3.60 /5
Updated
Jun 15, 2026
Score breakdown — Cybersecurity average
Biggest weaknesses
Where Cybersecurity applications consistently fall short.
- 1. GTM3.15/5
- 2. Monetization3.35/5
- 3. Early Traction3.39/5
Strongest dimensions
Where Cybersecurity applications tend to do well.
- 1. Market3.99/5
- 2. Scalability3.94/5
- 3. Team Quality3.77/5
Score distribution
What our AI judge actually said
Anonymized critique from real Cybersecurity applications (shared with founder consent).
“You're competing in a features arms race against $70M and $146M funded rivals who can copy your delivery model in six months.”
7.9/10·Real execution and enterprise traction, but you need to prove agent delivery scales profitably before competitors catch up.
“You have one pilot customer but zero revenue, no repeatable sales motion, and no proof enterprises will pay before OpenAI bundles this away.”
8.0/10·Strong technical team attacking an urgent problem at the perfect time, but GTM is unproven and the clock is ticking.
“You have $26k ARR from old products and zero from the thing you are pitching, with one part-time engineer to ship it all.”
7.1/10·Exceptional founder-market fit meets zero execution proof, show me three paying customers in 60 days or this is just a story.
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