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Continuous AI pentesting that finds and fixes vulnerabilities
Veria Labs has raised $3.2M across 1 funding round.
Key people at Veria Labs.
Veria Labs was founded in 2025 by Stephen Xu (Founder) and Cayden Liao (Founder) and Jayden Sarveshkumar (Founder).
Veria Labs has raised $3.2M in total across 1 funding round.
Veria Labs is developing AI agents that hack better than the best human hackers. Founded by members of the #1 US competitive hacking team, we've already manually found critical bugs in AI tools, operating systems, fintech and billion dollar crypto exchanges.
Now we're scaling that expertise through AI-native security tooling that operates faster than human researchers while finding deeper, more complex vulnerabilities that traditional tools miss.
Key people at Veria Labs.
Veria Labs builds AI-powered continuous penetration testing (pentesting) agents that automatically find and fix security vulnerabilities in software codebases. Their product integrates into development pipelines (CI/CD), analyzing every code change to detect and exploit real vulnerabilities with high accuracy, providing actionable patches. This solution serves software development teams in high-stakes industries such as fintech, crypto, and AI tools, where security breaches are costly and frequent. By automating pentesting with advanced AI models, Veria Labs addresses the persistent challenge of keeping software secure without slowing down development, offering a faster, more thorough, and more affordable alternative to traditional human pentesters and static analysis tools[1][2][3][4].
Founded by members of the #1 competitive hacking team in the United States, Veria Labs’ founders bring elite offensive security expertise. Their firsthand experience in uncovering critical bugs across AI tools, operating systems, fintech apps, and crypto exchanges revealed a gap: companies were vulnerable despite following best practices because pentests were infrequent and expensive, and static analysis tools generated many false positives. Motivated by this, they created an AI-native platform from the ground up to deliver continuous, automated pentesting that matches the speed and scale of modern software development. Early traction includes discovering critical vulnerabilities that traditional methods missed, proving the effectiveness of their approach[1][3].
Veria Labs rides the growing trend of AI-driven automation in cybersecurity, addressing the urgent market need for continuous, scalable, and affordable security testing amid increasing regulatory scrutiny and high-profile breaches. The timing is critical as software development accelerates and traditional pentesting cannot keep pace. Their approach influences the broader ecosystem by setting a new standard for integrating security seamlessly into development workflows, reducing friction between speed and safety. This helps shift the industry toward proactive, AI-enhanced defense mechanisms rather than reactive, manual security audits[1][2].
Veria Labs is positioned to expand its impact as demand for continuous, AI-powered security testing grows across industries with critical software infrastructure. Future trends shaping their journey include advances in large language models and AI reasoning, which will enhance their agents’ ability to detect even more complex vulnerabilities. As regulatory environments tighten and cyber threats evolve, Veria Labs’ continuous pentesting model could become a foundational security practice. Their influence may extend beyond pentesting into broader AI-driven security automation, helping redefine how organizations safeguard software at scale[1][4].
Tying back to their mission, Veria Labs exemplifies how AI can transform cybersecurity by hacking better than humans—faster, deeper, and more affordably—enabling companies to ship software securely without compromise.
Veria Labs has raised $3.2M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $3.2M Seed in February 2026.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2026 | $3.2M Seed | — | Amino Capital, Gokul Rajaram, MA7 Ventures, Matias Woloski, Paul Graham, Rock Yard Ventures, Seaplane Ventures | Announced |
Veria Labs was founded in 2025 by Stephen Xu (Founder) and Cayden Liao (Founder) and Jayden Sarveshkumar (Founder).
Veria Labs has raised $3.2M in total across 1 funding round.
Veria Labs's investors include Amino Capital, Gokul Rajaram, MA7 Ventures, Matias Woloski, Paul Graham, Rock Yard Ventures, Seaplane Ventures.