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Tanium Inc.
Orion Hindawi runs Tanium, the endpoint management platform serving half the Fortune 100 and the US Department of Defense.
Tanium Inc.
Tanium was co-founded by Orion Hindawi and his father David Hindawi, the latter of whom previously co-founded BigFix, an endpoint management company acquired by IBM. The company emerged from stealth in 2014 and has since raised over $1 billion in venture funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, TPG, and the Qatar Investment Authority. Tanium builds endpoint management and cybersecurity software that allows IT and security teams to patch, configure, and query every device on a network in seconds. The platform covers asset inventory, vulnerability management, incident response, and compliance. Its customer base includes over half the Fortune 100, the US Department of Defense, and other government agencies. Tanium has expanded its product suite to include autonomous endpoint management capabilities and tools for the AI ecosystem. The company is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, with additional offices in New York City, Harrison, New York, and Cottonwood Heights, Utah. It employs roughly 2,000 people as of 2024. Tanium has an active philanthropic arm, the Tanium Foundation, which focuses on STEM education, military veterans, and cybersecurity workforce development. A key differentiator for Tanium is its architecture: the platform can deploy queries and actions to endpoints without needing a local agent installation on each device, using a lightweight agent that communicates with a central server. This design gives IT teams near-real-time visibility and control at scale, a capability unique among major endpoint management vendors.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
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AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
New York, Kirkland, Harrison, Cottonwood Heights
Corporate office
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Principals
Orion Hindawi
CEO
David Hindawi
Founder
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who founded Tanium and when did it go public?
Tanium was co-founded by Orion Hindawi and David Hindawi. The company has not gone public as of 2026; it remains a privately held company backed by venture investors.
How does Tanium make money?
Tanium sells subscription-based software licenses for its endpoint management and security platform. Its customers include large enterprises, government agencies, and critical infrastructure operators.
Who are Tanium's primary competitors?
Tanium competes with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (formerly Intune), CrowdStrike Falcon, and IBM BigFix. Its core distinction is real-time visibility at extreme scale without local agent installation.
What is Tanium's relationship with the US Department of Defense?
The US Department of Defense is a known customer of Tanium. The company's software is used for endpoint security and compliance across military networks (per multiple press reports, 2020).
Has Tanium made any acquisitions?
Tanium has made several acquisitions including Q心惊 (2019) for endpoint security analytics and 42Crunch (2022) for API security. It also acquired Continuous Compliance (2021) (per SEC filings and press releases).
What venture capital firms have invested in Tanium?
Tanium's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, TPG, the Qatar Investment Authority, and existing backers like IVP and Bracket Capital (per Crunchbase and SEC filings).
Is Tanium profitable?
Tanium has not publicly disclosed profitability data. As a privately held company, its financials are not publicly available. It has raised over $1 billion in venture funding and continues to operate as a growth-stage enterprise.
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