Twenty is a 11–50 person defense-tech startup founded in 2024, building operational cyber systems for U.S. and allied warfighting. The tech stack—Go, Java, Rust, C++, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform, NATS, and observability tools (Grafana, OpenTelemetry)—reflects a focus on high-throughput distributed systems and real-time data processing at scale. Active projects span AI-powered graph databases, event-driven pipelines, and cloud-based infrastructure, addressing core pain points around durable data lakes and performance bottlenecks. Hiring velocity is accelerating across engineering (7 roles) and security (4 roles), indicating rapid scaling of operational capability.
Twenty applies software engineering rigor to cyber warfare operations for U.S. defense and intelligence use cases. The company owns the full mission pipeline—from research and development through operational deployment—and operates as a systems integrator across cloud and on-premises environments. The product surface includes real-time operational data processing, ETL pipelines for high-volume intelligence ingestion, event-driven backend services, and graph-based targeting applications. With backing from Caffeinated Capital, General Catalyst, and In-Q-Tel, Twenty is positioned as a platform vendor for the U.S. cyber operations ecosystem.
Go, Java, Kotlin, C#, Python, C, C++, Rust for application development; AWS and Terraform for infrastructure; PostgreSQL for data; NATS for messaging; Grafana and OpenTelemetry for observability; GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and CircleCI for CI/CD.
Twenty is developing AI-powered graph database applications, real-time operational data processing platforms, ETL pipelines, event-driven distributed systems, and high-throughput backend services. Projects address complex targeting problems and durable data lakes for cyber operations.
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