Trident

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About Trident

YC company profile

Autonomous offensive security agents. The best defense is offense

Trident is the standard for modern day security. its an agentic pentester that chains vulnerabilities together like a real attacker mapping verified attack paths across AWS, Azure, GCP, web apps, and APIs. Run AI attacks and get fixes.

Get started today: tridentsecurity.io

  • YC batch: Summer 2026
  • Founded: 2025
  • Team size: 4
  • Location: San Francisco
  • Country: US
  • Status: Active
  • Industry: B2B
  • Stage: Early
  • Tags: Security, Cybersecurity, AI
  • YC partner: Harshita Arora

Founders

Junaid Mahmood — Founder/CEO

Co-founder @Trident, CTF player & bounty hunter. Taught coding at 16

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Dekai Li — Founder/CTO

Co-founder @Trident, CS @University of Waterloo.

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Source: Y Combinator · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.