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Browser Is the New Battleground: Vivek Ramachandran on AI Agents, Zero-Day Hacks & Founder Lessons

In this special BlackHat 2025 episode, Steffen welcomes back Vivek Ramachandran, renowned cybersecurity expert, Defcon speaker, and founder of SquareX, to explore how the browser has become today’s hottest security battleground.

The Power Behind the Fund: How Portfolio Development Supercharges Cyber Startups

Live from BlackHat 2025, we sit down with Halyna Vasylevska, Sector Lead of Cybersecurity Portfolio Development at Munich Re Ventures, to pull back the curtain on how one of the world’s biggest reinsu

Inside Clarence Chio's New Venture: Reinventing Vendor Security with AI

In this episode, we sit down with Clarence Chio, Co-Founder and CEO of Coverbase, to unpack his incredible journey through the world of cybersecurity and AI.

From Amazon to AI Startup: Sri Iyer’s Mission to Fix Government Red Tape

What happens when a film school grad turned infantry sergeant turned Amazon AI leader walks away from a cushy tech job to tackle one of the government’s most boring, yet most critical, problems? Meet

AI Agents Gone Rogue: How Straiker Plans to Defend the Future of AI

In this episode, we sit down with Ankur Shah, CEO & Co-Founder of Straiker AI, fresh off a massive $21M seed raise.

Inside Teleskope: The Startup Protecting Data in the Age of AI

In this episode, we sit down with Elizabeth Nammour, Founder & CEO of Teleskope, a fast-growing data security startup that’s already protecting enterprise customers.

From Exit to Andromeda: Identity in the Age of AI

In today’s episode of CyberBytes, we sit down with Murali Basavaiah, co-founder and CEO of Andromeda, to unpack the growing identity security crisis reshaping enterprises today.

Why Identity Is the Next Battleground in Cybersecurity - Icite

In this BlackHat 2025 edition of CyberBytes, we sit down with Wes Mullins, former CTO of DeepWatch and now the founder & CEO of Icite, for a raw conversation on the future of identity security.

AI vs Cyber: The Startup Race That Could Define the Next Decade - Ballistic Ventures

In this episode, we sit down with Barmak Meftah, Co-Founder and General Partner at Ballistic Ventures, to unpack his incredible journey from helping take Wells Fargo online in the early days of the in

Inside DEVSEC: Kristin Del Rosso on Building DEVSEC and Hunting Digital Criminals

What happens when a history major accidentally stumbles into cybersecurity and ends up founding one of the most talked-about startups at Black Hat 2025? Meet Kristin Del Rosso, Co-Founder and Managing

Good Bots, Bad Bots & AI Agents: The Internet’s Next Big Battle - DataDome

The internet is under attack, not just from bots, but from agentic AI agents that are rewriting the rules of online security.

Why Manual Pen Testing Is Dead (and What’s Next with AI Offensive Security) - Terra Security

In this episode of CyberBytes: The Podcast, we’re joined by Shahar Peled, CEO and Co-Founder of Terra Security, the startup shaking up penetration testing with agentic AI.