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Rene Brandel Wants Software to Hire Its Own Hacker
Founder · Executive · Operator

Rene Brandel Wants Software to Hire Its Own Hacker

A decade after winning a hackathon with a bot that built websites by conversation, the former AWS product leader is giving software an equally tireless adversary.

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Casco
Ai · Saas · Enterprise

Casco

Casco is a San Francisco cybersecurity startup that runs autonomous, AI-driven penetration tests on web apps, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and AI systems. Founded in 2025 by ex-AWS engineers Rene Brandel and Ian Saultz, it pairs continuous machine-driven attack simulation with human security experts, delivering compliance-ready reports for standards like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and the EU AI Act. A Y Combinator (X25) company, Casco says it serves 300+ companies and secures AI systems used across a majority of the Fortune 500.

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