Armadin uses autonomous AI agents to transform penetration testing and red-teaming, continuously finding and exploiting weaknesses in enterprise environments the same way real attackers do. The company is built to counter the emerging era of AI-driven hyperattacks by matching offensive AI with defensive offense at machine speed and scale. Armadin was co-founded in 2025 by Kevin Mandia, founder of incident response firm Mandiant (acquired by FireEye for $1B and later by Google for $5.4B), alongside Travis Lanham (CTO), Evan Pena (Chief Offensive Security Officer), and David Slater (Chief Architect). The company launched in March 2026 with $189.9M in seed and Series A funding led by Accel, with participation from Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, In-Q-Tel, 8VC, and Ballistic Ventures, and is already working with Fortune 100 customers.
Armadin
ActiveAutonomous AI red-teaming for the era of AI hyperattacks
Total raised
$189.9M
1 round
Stage
Series A
Mar 2026
Team
51-200
since 2025
Pricing
Enterprise
Founded
2025
Washington, United States
Agent-ready
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Autonomous AI red-teaming agents
Continuous penetration testing
Real attacker-style exploitation
Defense validation at machine speed
Attack path discovery and prioritization
Enterprise-scale offensive testing
AI hyperattack defense
Findings mapped to real exploitability
10/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Mar 2026 Series A $189.9M ● Accel
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$189.9M raised ·7 backers·10 network links
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- What does Armadin do?
- Armadin uses autonomous AI agents to red-team and pentest enterprise defenses, finding and exploiting weaknesses like real attackers.
- Who founded Armadin?
- Armadin was co-founded in 2025 by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia with Travis Lanham, Evan Pena, and David Slater.
- How much did Armadin raise?
- Armadin launched in March 2026 with $189.9M in seed and Series A funding led by Accel.
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