Hadrian raises €35.68 million to grow its agentic AI offensive security platform

Founded in 2021 in Amsterdam by Rogier Fischer, Olivier Beg and Maurice Clin, Hadrian builds a platform that helps enterprise security teams find, verify and close security gaps before attackers can exploit them. Its system is designed to map an organisation's digital footprint, identify potential risks and help teams prioritise which exposures warrant action. Humans set objectives and make key decisions, while AI agents carry out tasks in between, enabling continuous testing and monitoring, Tech.eu reported.

Hadrian's platform combines continuous exposure management with agentic penetration testing. Its Atlas product maps an organisation's external attack surface and uses AI agents to determine which exposures are exploitable, while its Nova product provides on-demand agentic penetration testing. According to Tech.eu, the company is targeting an environment in which attackers increasingly use AI to automate parts of the attack process, while many security teams still rely on manual penetration testing and face large volumes of vulnerability alerts.

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