# Santiago Rosenblatt

> Santiago Rosenblatt broke into PayPal and NBA League Pass at age six, found a marketplace glitch at fourteen that let him buy electronics for the price of shipping, then turned that curiosity into a career defending banks and fintechs. Today he is Founder and CEO of Strike, an AI-led continuous pentesting platform that compresses vulnerability detection from months to hours, protects 120+ companies across 20+ countries, and raised a $13.5M Series A to expand across the U.S. and Brazil.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Strike
- **Organizations:** Strike, PedidosYa, AstroPay
- **Nationality:** Uruguayan
- **Education:** Studies in Computer Engineering / Cybersecurity, University of Oxford, Computer Engineering, Multiple universities
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Strike to protect 120+ leading enterprises across 20+ countries, Raised ~$18.9M total across seed and Series A rounds, Built a continuous pentesting model that cuts detection time from weeks to hours/seconds

## Career timeline

- **~2003** — Began hacking at age six, breaching platforms like PayPal and NBA League Pass out of curiosity
- **~2011** — At fourteen, discovered a marketplace glitch allowing purchases for only the cost of shipping; turning point toward ethical hacking
- **~2012** — Started helping major regional companies with security around age fifteen
- **2016** — Shifted fully from offensive hacking to defense; led Application Security for brands including Scotiabank, dLocal and Delivery Hero
- **pre-2020** — Became the first cybersecurity specialist at PedidosYa, protecting 30M users across 15 countries; led security at AstroPay
- **2020** — Returned to Uruguay during the pandemic, turning down offers from Amazon and Facebook; ran weekly meetings with CISOs and CTOs
- **2020-2021** — Founded Strike with Facundo Lopez Juncal, introducing 'Augmented Attack Simulations'
- **2022** — Raised $5.4M seed round led by Greyhound Capital to grow a global network of ethical hackers
- **2025** — Established U.S. operations in New York; building Strike360 AI pentesting engine
- **2025-2026** — Raised $13.5M Series A led by FinTech Collective to expand across the U.S. and Brazil

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Strike to protect 120+ leading enterprises across 20+ countries
- Raised ~$18.9M total across seed and Series A rounds
- Built a continuous pentesting model that cuts detection time from weeks to hours/seconds
- Clients include Santander, Okta, Mercado Libre, Scotiabank
- 4.9/5 rating on Gartner Peer Insights; ISO 27001, SOC 2 and HIPAA compliant
- First cybersecurity specialist at PedidosYa, securing 30M users
- Collaboration with MIT on pentesting automation

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Strike raised a $13.5M Series A led by FinTech Collective to expand AI-powered continuous pentesting in the U.S. and Brazil.
- **2025-01** — Established U.S. operations in New York and accelerated development of the Strike360 AI pentesting engine.

## Links

- Website: https://strike.sh
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/santiagorosenblatt/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrikeSecurity

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Last updated: 2026-06-06