Lookout

Lookout

Cloud and mobile security solutions provider

About Lookout

Simplify's Rating
Why Lookout is rated
C+
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Government & Public Sector

Enterprise Software

Cybersecurity

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$482M

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

2007

Overview

Lookout provides cloud and mobile security solutions for both enterprises and individual users. It protects data in cloud environments with CASB services and secures networks with SASE platforms that blend security with WAN capabilities. It also offers mobile security apps to defend personal devices from malware and phishing. The company differentiates itself through coverage across cloud and mobile security for business and consumer markets and through partnerships with Microsoft and government initiatives on Zero Trust.

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What believers are saying

  • 60% of organizations lack mobile AI monitoring, creating massive addressable market for AI Visibility solution.
  • Pax8 partnership expands MSP distribution channels for Mobile Endpoint Security across cloud commerce.
  • Black Hat Europe research on state-sponsored Android spyware positions Lookout as mobile threat authority.

What critics are saying

  • Fortra's May 2025 acquisition of cloud security business eliminates SSE, CASB, ZTNA revenue streams permanently.
  • Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access captures former cloud customers with bundled SASE platform integration.
  • CrowdStrike Falcon unifies mobile EDR with cloud protection, rendering Lookout's standalone offering obsolete.

What makes Lookout unique

  • Mobile-native AI Visibility & Governance detects shadow AI and agentic behavior invisible to traditional endpoint tools.
  • Largest mobile security dataset globally protects 220 million devices with advanced threat detection capabilities.
  • Smishing AI stops mobile social engineering attacks targeting users rather than systems directly.

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Funding

Total Funding

$482M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

8 Rounds

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Performance Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

-1%
SiliconANGLE Media
Sep 10th, 2025
Lookout rolls out Smishing AI to stop social engineering on mobile devices

Cybersecurity company Lookout Inc. today announced the launch of Smishing AI, an artificial intelligence-powered solution that aims to stop mobile-based social attacks that target people rather than systems.

Marine Business News
Feb 14th, 2025
SŌLACE Boats partners with LOOKOUT

Marine AI safety systems developer LOOKOUT has has partnered with SŌLACE Boats to offer its situational awareness on the new SŌLACE 37 PILOT.

BlockAway
Dec 22nd, 2024
Chinese Authorities Allegedly Using Advanced Spyware to Monitor Android Devices

These findings were presented by Lookout researchers during the Black Hat Europe conference, shedding light on the increasing use of state-sponsored digital surveillance tools.

ChannelE2E
Oct 16th, 2024
Channel Brief: Lookout Adds New Mobile Security Features, LevelBlue Unveils MSP, MSSP Services

Lookout adds new mobile device security features: Lookout, Inc. announced new features for its Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) solution, Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security.

MSSP Alert
May 16th, 2024
MSSP Market News: Palo Alto Networks, IBM, AgileBlue, Arkose Labs

MSP Partnership: Lookout, a data-centric cloud security company, has formed a strategic partnership with Pax8, a cloud commerce marketplace that enables managed service providers (MSPs) to acquire Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security directly from the Pax8 Marketplace.

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