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TechPulse take: Hadrian's $40M funding validates a critical shift toward using AI agents for continuous exposure management and agentic penetration testing, directly addressing the gap between automated vulnerability scanners and actual exploitable risks. By emulating attack paths with LLMs, the platform aims to solve the inefficiency where most organizations still rely on manual tests while 87% of scanner findings are false positives. This approach represents a tangible application of AI in offensive security that helps defenders prioritize resources against evolving, AI-driven threat landscapes.
Hadrian raises $40M for AI agents that find the weaknesses attackers can exploit
Dutch offensive security startup Hadrian Security B.V. today announced that it has raised $40 million in new funding to expand its business internationally. Hadrian’s software points artificial intelligence agents at a company’s internet-facing systems to work out which weaknesses an attacker could actually exploit. No other vendor offers continuous exposure management and agentic penetration testing […] The post Hadrian raises $40M for AI agents that find the weaknesses attackers can exploit appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
Dutch offensive security startup Hadrian Security B.V. today announced that it has raised $40 million in new funding to expand its business internationally. Hadrian’s software points artificial intelligence agents at a company’s internet-facing systems to work out which weaknesses an attacker could actually exploit. No other vendor offers continuous exposure management and agentic penetration testing together on one platform, the company claims. The platform…
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