# Shashwat Sehgal

> Shashwat Sehgal is co-founder and CEO of P0 Security, which governs access to sensitive systems for people, machine identities and AI agents. Previously a product leader at Splunk and Cisco Meraki, he co-founded P0 in 2022 with Gergely Danyi and Nathan Brahms. His public work focuses on temporary, narrowly scoped permissions, developer workflows and the authority delegated to AI agents.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at P0 Security
- **Organizations:** P0 Security, Splunk, Cisco Meraki, Booz & Company, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded P0 Security in 2022., Led product work on Meraki Insight and SD-WAN at Cisco Meraki., Led real user monitoring and digital experience monitoring product work at Splunk.

## Career timeline

- **2007-2012** — Engineer and quantitative trader at Merrill Lynch, with work in New York and London.
- **2014-2016** — Strategy consultant at Booz & Company.
- **2016-2020** — Product leadership at Cisco Meraki, working on SD-WAN and Meraki Insight.
- **2020-2022** — Product leadership in Splunk observability and digital experience monitoring.
- **2022** — Co-founded P0 Security with Gergely Danyi and Nathan Brahms.
- **2023-11** — P0 publicly announced $5 million in seed funding and general availability.
- **2024-05** — Pitched P0 as an RSAC Innovation Sandbox Top 10 finalist.
- **2024-09** — P0 announced a $15 million Series A led by SYN Ventures, bringing disclosed funding to $20 million.

## Achievements

- Co-founded P0 Security in 2022.
- Led product work on Meraki Insight and SD-WAN at Cisco Meraki.
- Led real user monitoring and digital experience monitoring product work at Splunk.
- Named co-inventor on US11693761B1, granted July 4, 2023, concerning service graphs and page-provider dependencies.
- Led P0 through its 2024 RSAC Innovation Sandbox finalist appearance and a $15 million Series A.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published an essay on governing human authority and delegated access as a foundation for securing AI agents.
- **2026-03** — Appeared in an SC Media RSAC interview about AI agents, identity risk and production systems.
- **2026-02** — Published an essay arguing that early-stage hiring should prioritize a few essential attributes before importing elaborate evaluation processes.

## Links

- Website: https://p0.dev/blog/author/shashwat-sehgal/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashwatsehgal/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/shashwatsehgal

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Last updated: 2026-10-22