# Trident

[Trident on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/trident)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://tridentsecurity.io/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trident)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tridentsecure)
- [X](https://x.com/TridentSecures)

## About

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## 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

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/junaidmahmood-/) · [X](https://x.com/whosjunaidd)

### Dekai Li — Founder/CTO

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

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/li-dekai-8287332a6/) · [X](https://x.com/li_dekaii)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trident) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Dekai Li](https://hacklab.so/dekai-li) — Founder/CTO (Present)
- [Junaid Mahmood](https://hacklab.so/junaid-mahmood) — Founder/CEO (Present)