Defense / AerospaceResearch Triangle

Irys

Defense / Aerospace

Irys is a San Antonio, Texas-based cybersecurity and IT company founded in 2017, delivering AI-native cybersecurity, resilient IT infrastructure, and adversarial simulation services to defense agencies, governments, and enterprises. The company emerged from the Geekdom startup community and is known for its work modernizing government digital platforms.

Founded

Region

Research Triangle

Investors

Cofounders Capital

People

About RTP

The Research Triangle is named for the geographic triangle formed by three major research universities — Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, and NC State — and Research Triangle Park itself, founded in 1959, was one of the first planned research parks in the country. Its life-sciences and biotech density comes from three distinct university research cultures feeding one regional economy, not a single dominant school.

Region Stats

Total firms 87

VC / investors 13

Companies 69

Universities 5

Known For

Life Sciences

Biotech

Research