"I believe within the next few years virtually all cyberattacks will be AI-based - swarming, tailored, and relentless. They will be untethered to human limitations and capable to execute on a scale we have never witnessed before."
"In a world of machine-speed attacks, defense must become autonomous. You cannot have a human in the loop for every defense decision and expect to win. We are building the most formidable offense to give organizations the greatest defense. It's important to national security."
Kevin Mandia, founder of Mandiant (sold to FireEye for $1 billion in 2014, later acquired by Google for $5.4 billion), has launched Armadin, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup. The company announced $189.9M in combined Seed and Series A funding, claimed as the largest in cybersecurity history. Led by Accel with participation from Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, and In-Q-Tel, the funding supports Armadin's AI-powered red teaming approach. Co-founders include Travis Lanham (CTO), Evan Peña (chief offensive security officer), and David Slater (chief architect). Armadin uses AI to identify and exploit security weaknesses, operating as an autonomous defense system. Mandia argues that future cyberattacks will be AI-based, machine-speed, and untethered to human limitations, requiring autonomous defense mechanisms rather than human-dependent responses.
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