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HackerOne Made a Business Out of Inviting Strangers to Break In
The bet sounded reckless: give hackers permission, set a bounty, and listen. One Pentagon pilot and hundreds of thousands of validated vulnerabilities later, HackerOne is trying to turn that human network into a continuous, AI-assisted security system.
Synack Put 1,500 Hackers Behind One Locked Door - Now AI Is Knocking
Annual pentests were too slow, scanners were too noisy, and inviting strangers to attack corporate systems sounded absurd. Synack turned that trust problem into a platform - then added an autonomous red agent without removing the humans who prove what matters.
Strike
Strike is a cybersecurity company that runs always-on, continuous penetration testing by combining AI-driven offensive emulations with validation from an elite network of human ethical hackers it calls Strikers. Its platform and proprietary engine, Strike360, continuously test web apps, APIs, mobile apps, cloud infrastructure and internal networks, then guide teams through remediation and compliance. Founded in 2021 by Santiago Rosenblatt - a hacker since age six - Strike protects 120+ enterprises across 20+ countries, including Santander, Mercado Libre and Okta.