GLIMPS: A European AI Cybersecurity Startup for Sovereign Malware Analysis
GLIMPS is a rising European cyber-defense innovator that has quietly emerged from France’s high-security laboratories to tackle one of the most critical challenges in cybersecurity: identifying and stopping malicious code in real time. Founded in 2019 by experts from the French Ministry of Armed Forces[1], this company began as a pilot project inside a military incubator and has quickly grown into a key player in malware analysis. Its journey – from a small team of four reverse-engineers working in a secured garage, to a provider of state-of-the-art malware detection platforms – encapsulates a new model of European tech venture. GLIMPS is distinguished not only by its deep technological roots in AI and cybersecurity, but also by an explicit mission to bolster Europe’s digital sovereignty. In an era of escalating cyber threats and heightened geopolitical tech rivalries, GLIMPS offers a glimpse into how Europe can craft home-grown solutions to reduce reliance on foreign cybersecurity tools. The company’s story and technology are compelling – a blend of defense-grade innovation and entrepreneurial agility – and raise intriguing questions about Europe’s capacity to achieve strategic autonomy in the cyber domain. Is GLIMPS the blueprint for Europe’s next generation of sovereign tech champions? The following analysis explores that possibility in depth.