{"id":210447,"date":"2026-02-05T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/the-future-of-cybersecurity-is-in-tampa-bay\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:40:12","slug":"the-future-of-cybersecurity-is-in-tampa-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/the-future-of-cybersecurity-is-in-tampa-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Cybersecurity is in Tampa Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/future-cybersecurity-tampa-bay-211900179.html\">The Future of Cybersecurity is in Tampa Bay<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/future-cybersecurity-tampa-bay-211900179.html\">https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/future-cybersecurity-tampa-bay-211900179.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-05 16:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"finance.yahoo.com\">finance.yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Tampa Bay Wave Launches 2026 CyberTech|X Accelerator Cohort<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">2026 CyberTech|X Accelerator<\/p>\n<p>     2026 CyberTech|X Accelerator  <span class=\"caption-separator yf-1ems0tc\" data-svelte-h=\"svelte-nxhdlu\">\u00b7<\/span> <span>GlobeNewswire Inc.<\/span>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">2026 CyberTech|X Accelerator<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"2026 CyberTech|X Accelerator Welcome Reception in Tampa, Fla.\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/> 2026 CyberTech|X Accelerator Welcome Reception in Tampa, Fla.  <span class=\"caption-separator yf-1ems0tc\" data-svelte-h=\"svelte-nxhdlu\">\u00b7<\/span> <span>GlobeNewswire Inc.<\/span>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Tampa, Fla., Feb. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Tampa Bay Wave, Inc. (Wave), a leading nonprofit technology accelerator, proudly announces the selection of <strong>15 high-growth cybersecurity startups<\/strong> for the <strong>2026 CyberTech|X Accelerator<\/strong> program. This year\u2019s cohort includes companies from the Tampa Bay region, across the United States, and internationally, showcasing a broad spectrum of cybersecurity innovation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">\u201cOur CyberTech|X Accelerator is designed to meet founders where they are in their business development journey and help them grow with intention,\u201d said Tampa Bay Wave president and CEO Linda Olson. \u201cThis year\u2019s cohort brings together founders with extensive experience in cybersecurity, software engineering, AI, and enterprise technology, positioning the cohort to tackle today\u2019s most pressing cybersecurity challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Collectively, the companies include former executives, serial entrepreneurs, technologists, and cybersecurity practitioners who have worked across leading organizations in the public and private sectors. Their combined expertise spans threat detection, secure systems design, risk management, and innovative technology development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">2026 CyberTech|X Accelerator Accepted Companies:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"yf-h8k6hx\">\n<li class=\"yf-h8k6hx\">\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">ANCILE \u2013 Durham, NC \u2013 https:\/\/www.ancile.ai<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-h8k6hx\">\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">ARMAI Technologies \u2013 Charlotte, NC \u2013 https:\/\/armai.ai<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-h8k6hx\">\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">BestDefense, Inc. \u2013 Clearwater, FL \u2013 https:\/\/bestdefense.io<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-h8k6hx\">\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Confidencial \u2013 Menlo Park, CA \u2013 https:\/\/www.confidencial.io\/<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-h8k6hx\">\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Flowchestra \u2013 Chicago, IL \u2013 https:\/\/flowchestra.com<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-h8k6hx\">\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Fr0ntierX \u2013 Brooklyn, NY \u2013 https:\/\/www.fr0ntierx.com\/<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-h8k6hx\">\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">ProSentra, Inc \u2013 Gulfport, MS \u2013 https:\/\/prosentra.com\/<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-h8k6hx\">\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">RangersAI \u2013 Boca Raton, FL \u2013 https:\/\/www.rangersai.com\/<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-h8k6hx\"> <p...<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/future-cybersecurity-tampa-bay-211900179.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Future of Cybersecurity is in Tampa Bay https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/future-cybersecurity-tampa-bay-211900179.html Publish Date: 2026-02-05 16:19:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/DbAxHHRY86rrbs515BssHw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02MDA-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/globenewswire.com\/7006d85fd0cf92dd900733ab4018c32c","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-210447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210449,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210447\/revisions\/210449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}