
Automox is a cloud-native IT automation platform designed for modern organizations. It empowers IT professionals to automate patching, configuration, and control across Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints. The platform offers AI-powered IT automation, including custom scripting with Ask Otto, automated device configuration, and cross-OS patching for hundreds of third-party software titles. Automox also provides vulnerability remediation, remote control capabilities, and reporting dashboards. The company reports that thousands of customers are managing 1,250,077 endpoints, and highlights significant benefits such as 96% more automated patches, a 65% reduction in patching errors, and a 362% three-year ROI. Their business model appears to be SaaS, with different pricing tiers for Patch OS, Automate Essentials, and Automate Enterprise, along with optional modules.

Automox is a cloud-native IT automation platform designed for modern organizations. It empowers IT professionals to automate patching, configuration, and control across Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints. The platform offers AI-powered IT automation, including custom scripting with Ask Otto, automated device configuration, and cross-OS patching for hundreds of third-party software titles. Automox also provides vulnerability remediation, remote control capabilities, and reporting dashboards. The company reports that thousands of customers are managing 1,250,077 endpoints, and highlights significant benefits such as 96% more automated patches, a 65% reduction in patching errors, and a 362% three-year ROI. Their business model appears to be SaaS, with different pricing tiers for Patch OS, Automate Essentials, and Automate Enterprise, along with optional modules.
Product: Cloud-native autonomous endpoint management (AEM) for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Founded: 2015 — founders Jay Prassl and Mark Manes.
Funding: Total $152.6M; Series C $110M (Apr 27, 2021) led by Insight Partners.
Leadership: Justin Talerico named CEO on May 15, 2025.
Scale: Reportedly automates over 1.3 billion patch policies per month (Oct 8, 2024).
Endpoint management, patching, configuration management, and IT operations for enterprise endpoints and servers.
2015
Endpoint management / IT operations / cybersecurity
$9.3M
Participation from CRV, BlueNote Ventures and Tom Noonan; Tom Noonan joined the board.
$30M
Led by Koch Disruptive Technologies to accelerate company growth.
$110M
Included participation from Blackstone-managed funds and existing investors; total funding reported to exceed $152M after this round.
“Backed by growth and strategic investors including Insight Partners (Series C lead), Koch Disruptive Technologies, Blackstone-managed funds, TechOperators, CRV, and BlueNote Ventures.”