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The Company That Assumes Every File Is Trying to Kill You
Benny Czarny bootstrapped OPSWAT for 19 years on a simple, paranoid idea: assume every file is malicious. Today that assumption guards 98% of US nuclear plants.
RASPIRE
RASPIRE is an AI-powered, no-code runtime security layer for mobile apps. Teams upload a compiled Android or iOS build (APK, AAB, IPA or xcarchive) and RASPIRE hardens it in minutes - adding anti-fraud, app integrity, reverse-engineering and API protection without SDKs, code changes or config files. Founded by offensive-security veterans Kareem Selim and Hassan Mostafa, the YC P26 startup already protects 25+ production apps used by more than 20 million people across banking, fintech, healthcare and e-commerce.
Beyond Identity
Beyond Identity is a New York-based identity security company that eliminates passwords and identity-based attacks by binding authentication to cryptographic, device-resident credentials. Its Identity Defense Platform delivers phishing-resistant MFA, continuous device trust, and deepfake protection for meetings, giving enterprises deterministic proof of who - and what device - is accessing their systems. Founded in 2019 by Silicon Valley veterans, the company has raised $205M and reached a $1.1B valuation.
Portnox
Portnox is a cloud-native access control company that unifies Network Access Control (NAC), RADIUS, TACACS+, and passwordless conditional access for applications into a single zero-trust platform. Founded in 2007 by a team from the Israeli Air Force and now headquartered in Austin, Texas, Portnox removes the appliances, VMs, and specialized staff that traditional NAC requires, letting organizations authenticate users and devices, assess endpoint risk, and enforce compliance across wired, wireless, and remote networks from the cloud. It serves more than 1,000 organizations across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and technology.
Jasson Casey
Jasson Casey is the CEO and cofounder of Beyond Identity, a New York-based identity security company that builds passwordless, phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication designed to make identity-based attacks impossible. An engineer with a PhD from Texas A&M and more than two decades in security and networking, Casey has held senior technical leadership roles at IronNet Cybersecurity and SecurityScorecard, founded the software-defined networking ventures Flowgrammable and Compiled Networks, and served as a cybersecurity fellow at CSIS. He now argues that flaws in identity systems, not passwords alone, are the root cause of modern breaches and that cryptographically device-bound credentials are the way to stop phishing, credential theft, and AI deepfakes at the source.