# Gadi Bashvitz

> Gadi Bashvitz is the Co-founder and CEO of Bright Security (formerly NeuraLegion), a San Rafael-based developer-centric Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) platform. A veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces' elite Unit 8200, he brings 25+ years of cybersecurity, product, and go-to-market experience to his mission of making application security accessible to every developer. Under his leadership, Bright Security raised a $20M Series A in 2022 and launched the Bright STAR autonomous security testing and remediation platform at RSA Conference 2025, achieving approximately 85% auto-remediation rates for its customers.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Bright Security
- **Organizations:** Bright Security, NeuraLegion, OLSET, Deem, Verint, STS
- **Nationality:** Israeli-American
- **Education:** BA, Tel Aviv University, MBA, NYU Stern School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Bright Security (formerly NeuraLegion) to 110+ employees across 5 continents, Raised $24.7M in total venture funding including a $20M Series A led by Evolution Equity Partners, Grew platform to 6,000+ development teams and over 4,000 organizations worldwide

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Served in IDF Unit 8200, Israel's elite signals intelligence and cybersecurity unit
- **early career** — Worked at STS and Verint in cybersecurity roles
- **2012** — Founded OLSET, a travel-tech startup
- **2016** — OLSET acquired by Deem; joined Deem as VP & Group Leader of Car Service
- **2018** — Co-founded NeuraLegion with Shoham Cohen, Bar Hofesh, and Art Linkov
- **2020** — NeuraLegion raised $4.7M seed round led by DNX Ventures; pivoted from AI fuzzer to developer-centric DAST
- **2022-01** — Became CEO of NeuraLegion
- **2022-03** — Rebranded company as Bright Security; raised $20M Series A led by Evolution Equity Partners
- **2025-04** — Unveiled Bright STAR autonomous security testing and remediation platform at RSA Conference 2025
- **2025-06** — Bright Security won 2025 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Bright Security (formerly NeuraLegion) to 110+ employees across 5 continents
- Raised $24.7M in total venture funding including a $20M Series A led by Evolution Equity Partners
- Grew platform to 6,000+ development teams and over 4,000 organizations worldwide
- Launched Bright STAR platform achieving ~85% automatic vulnerability remediation rates for customers
- Won 2025 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award
- Successfully pivoted company from AI fuzzing to developer-centric DAST, expanding market reach dramatically
- Built enterprise customer base including major banks and leading cybersecurity companies
- Previously founded OLSET, which was acquired by Deem

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Bright Security won the 2025 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award
- **2025-04** — Unveiled Bright STAR autonomous security testing and remediation platform at RSA Conference 2025 - achieving ~85% auto-remediation rates
- **2025-04** — Appeared on The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley discussing how Bright Security is redefining AppSec for developers
- **2025** — Bright Security reached approximately 115 employees across 5 continents

## Links

- Website: https://brightsec.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bashvitz
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/bashvitz
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/neuralegion

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