Kevin Mandia: AI attacks run at machine speed, defense must go autonomous
a16z Podcast · rss · 2026-10-06
On the a16z podcast, Armadin founder and Mandiant creator Kevin Mandia explains how AI reshapes cyberattack economics — attackers can probe thousands of paths simultaneously — and why humans can't stay in the detect-and-respond loop, making autonomous defense inevitable. Armadin continuously attacks customers' systems with AI to find exploitable vulnerabilities first, discovering 90+ zero-days in production environments this year, while building toward real-time autonomous response.
More from Companies & People
- Ex-DeepMind researcher testifies Google, including Demis Hassabis, backed off AI safety commitments — BlackHC · 2026-10-06
- Debate swirls over OpenAI's unreleased math proofs as attitudes flip in two weeks — basedjensen · 2026-10-06
- NotebookLM lands at No. 9 in a16z consumer AI rankings as Google takes 4 of top 20 — stevenbjohnson · 2026-10-06
- O(n²) matrix multiplication is almost certainly false even if ω = 2, says basedjensen — basedjensen · 2026-10-06
- Jobs Called Touchscreen Macs 'Terrible' — 16 Years Later, Apple May Ship One — Kiteaton · 2026-10-06
- Redditor Publishes Free, Independently Researched Deep-Dive Breakdown of OpenAI — Roadtochessmaster · 2026-10-06