SINET names 2026 Innovator Award finalists and SINET16 honorees

SINET has announced the 16 honorees of its 2026 SINET16 programme and, for the first time in its history, named three finalists competing for a single Innovator Award. 7AI, Noma and Runlayer will present before a SINET Judging Committee on October 7, with the winner named at SINETNew York on October 8.

The honorees were chosen from 158 applications across 10 countries, all companies with under $15m in revenue. Applications are assessed in two rounds by a committee of 100 security professionals, including CISOs, risk executives, government intelligence and defence experts, venture capitalists and investment bankers.

7AI builds a platform for creating and operating AI agents across security operations, covering alert triage, investigation, threat hunting, detection optimisation and response. Noma provides AI and agent security, discovering agents across endpoint, SaaS and homegrown systems and governing their behaviour. Runlayer offers a platform for securing enterprise AI, including MCPs, skills, plugins and agents, with governance and observability.