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Azion
Azion wants to make the edge feel less like a map of servers and more like a programmable workbench. Its bet: the next important application will be built, secured and observed closer to the people using it.
A10 Networks, Inc.
A10 Networks built a durable business in the least glamorous place on the internet: the traffic choke point. Now the same machinery that kept telecom networks moving is being recast for APIs, AI models and agentic software.
SEWORKS
SEWORKS is a San Francisco cybersecurity company founded in 2013 by white-hat hackers that turns offensive-security expertise into AI-powered products. Its platform helps organizations see their software the way an attacker does, combining AI-driven penetration testing (Pentoma), mobile app hardening (AppSolid), breached-credential defense (LeakJar), and SOC 2 / ISO 27001 compliance support. SEWORKS serves 100+ enterprise clients including Sendbird and Mercari.
Ivan Novikov
Ivan Novikov is the founder and CEO of Wallarm, an AI-powered API security platform that has raised over $70 million in funding including a $55M Series C in 2025. With 24+ years in cybersecurity, he is recognized as the inventor of memcached injection attacks and a pioneer of SSRF research, having earned bug bounty awards from Google, Facebook, Twitter, Tesla, and Yandex. A Y Combinator S16 alumnus with a physics background from Moscow State University, Novikov transformed hands-on offensive security expertise into a company protecting APIs for enterprises worldwide.