Tines' governance bet: security-automation unicorn tops PH with AI-native 3B

Tines sells no-code workflow-automation software that security and IT teams use to connect systems and automate multi-step processes; Tines 3B extends that to building, running and governing AI agents and AI-generated workflows.

That security teams automate with no-code workflows, not more alert tools, and that AI-generated "wild code" needs a governed environment, not bolt-on AI features.

Bootstrapped until a $4.1M Series A led by Blossom Capital in October 2019; lifetime funding reached $272M by the $125M Series C (February 2025) that valued Tines at $1.125B.

Eoin Hinchy, an ex-eBay, PayPal and DocuSign security engineer, founded Tines in Dublin in February 2018 with former colleague Thomas Kinsella. At DocuSign he watched talented incident-response engineers repeat the same manual tasks because no platform existed to automate them, so he set out to build one.

Tines raised a $4.1M Series A in October 2019 and began expanding beyond security. After a reported ~$50M round at roughly $600M, it closed a $125M Series C in February 2025 led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives with SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, valuing it at $1.125B. AI features it shipped in 2024 saw 302% growth in adoption, and by July 2026 it reported 124% net revenue retention, a tripled enterprise customer base year over year, and more than 1.5B automated actions a week.

On 2026-07-28 Tines launched 3B, a rebuilt AI-native platform for building, running and governing enterprise workflows, applications and agents, explicitly aimed at the "wild code" employees generate with AI. Its Product Hunt launch on 2026-08-11 finished #1 Product of the Day with 405 upvotes, and the original Tines Stories platform continues alongside 3B for core workflows.

Differentiation: Tines refused the pre-built-integration model rivals Phantom and Demisto used, betting six generic API-connecting blocks would cover any workflow security teams needed.

Category expansion: it started with security automation but designed the platform to treat security tools, HR systems and CRMs the same way, opening enterprise automation beyond the SOC.

Reaction to AI: as employees generated software faster than IT could oversee it, Tines rebuilt 3B around governance — isolation, credentials, logging — instead of layering AI onto Tines Stories.

Market proof: >1.5B automated actions per week and 124% net revenue retention show customers kept expanding usage, not just buying seats.

Tines won by serving the analyst: six no-code building blocks carried it to $1.125B, then it sold governance of AI 'wild code' instead of bolting AI onto the old tool.

As of 2026-09-02 Tines is scaling as a ~$1.125B, $272M-funded company with an enterprise customer base it says tripled year over year, including Coinbase, SAP, Experian, Reddit, Notion and Mars. The August 2026 Product Hunt #1 launch of Tines 3B, with 405 upvotes, is a marketing milestone rather than the company's core distribution channel: its platform continues to run 1.5B+ automated actions weekly, with Tines Stories maintained for customers running core workflows while 3B targets teams that need to build, run and govern AI agents in one auditable environment.