Dreadnode Secures $14M to Build AI Systems that Advance the State of Offensive Security
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The platform was built in close collaboration with the companys trusted government, enterprise, and AI labs partners. Were equipping practitioners with the tools required to explore whats possible when AI is appliedat scaleto offense, said Will Pearce, founder and CEO of Dreadnode. Weve seen what AI is capable of across other domainswhy should offensive security be different?Dreadnode was founded in 2023 by Will Pearce, who built the AI red teams at Microsoft and NVIDIA, and Nick Landers, an accomplished offensive security engineer, VP of Research, and author of the Dark Side Ops penetration testing and adversary simulation trainings. Over the past year, Dreadnode welcomed 15 employees, forming a founding team uniquely qualified to tackle the hardest problems at the intersection of AI and offensive security. Combining domain knowledge across data science, offensive security engineering, they bring diverse perspectives and rare, hands-on experience from NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, Cohere, NetSPI among other leading innovators.Visit www.dreadnode.io to learn more and tune in to a live stream on Wednesday, March 12 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET to hear from the founders.Dreadnode is at the forefront of offensive AI research and development, building AI systems that demonstrate parity with, or exceed, human capabilities in the offensive security domain.Founded in 2023 by Will Pearce and Nick Landers, Dreadnode is developing the most advanced suite of offensive AI solutionsStrikes, Spyglass, and Cruciblefor the best offensive teams, researchers, and model developers in the world.In collaboration with its government, enterprise, and AI labs partners, and support from Decibel, In-Q-Tel (IQT), NFC, Sands Capital, Indie VC, Aviso Ventures, Jon Oringer, and others, Dreadnode aims to create a world where we can trust AI systems to perform offensive tasks autonomously.Learn more at www.dreadnode.io or follow us @dreadnode.