PURPOSE
Mission
Vision
PURPOSE
To show that AI can perform offensive security tasks on par with, and exceeding, human capability
Mission
To advance the state of offensive security by enabling more effective evaluation, testing, and deployment of models.
VISION
Dreadnode envisions a world where people trust AI systems to perform offensive tasks autonomously.
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Dreadnode Founded
Oct 2023
Seed Investment
Oct 2023
Cyber Evals
Dec 2023
First hires
Jan 2024
Crucible Launch
Feb 2024
Rigging Released
Mar 2024
Man vs. Machine
Aug 2024
GRT-2 @ DEF CON
Aug 2024
AIxCC @ DEFCON
Aug 2024
Series A
Sep 2024
GovTech Singapore CTF
Oct 2024
Strikes and Spyglass Release
Feb 2025
VALUES

Pushing the boundaries of offensive security

01

Acceleration

"The age of men has come to an end, the time of the Orc has come." - Rich Sutton

02

Trust and Safety

Securing our products so they don’t fall into the wrong hands.

03

Applied Research

Our priority is to build tools that enable applied research.

TEAM

Meet the crew

Uniquely qualified to solve the hardest problems in offensive AI.

Will Pearce
Co-Founder & CEO
Nick Landers
Co-Founder & CTO
Brad Palm
COO
Brian Greunke
Head of Engineering
Rob Mulla
Head of data science
Vincent Abruzzo
Head of UX/UI
Daniel Vaughn
Principle UX/UI Engineer
Greg Wells
Head of Product
Kate Dunn
Head of Content
Jayson Grace
Principle Software Architect
Ads Dawson
Staff AI Security Researcher
Tori Norris
Head of Marketing
INVESTORS

Thank you

a love letter from will

At the root of our mission is the notion that AI systems will, at some point, perform any human task better than most humans. To many, this is a scary prospect. To us, it’s the inevitable future and worth every minute of our time.

We are a crew of respected hackers and engineers who recognized that if machine learning is harnessed in the right way, alongside our peers, we can meaningfully advance the state of security.

There are a non-zero number of people that influenced, mentored, and helped me arrive at Dreadnode. While there is still a lot of work in front of us, I wanted to use this space to express my gratitude. To those who have believed in our vision from the very beginning—we are honored to have you onboard. Thank you.

WILL PEARCE
CEO & CO-FOUNDER