Aikido Security

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Overview

Aikido Security is a Belgian cybersecurity software company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Ghent. Its developer-oriented platform consolidates security testing and monitoring across source code, open-source dependencies, containers, cloud infrastructure, applications, and runtime environments.

The company is positioned as a unified application-security provider for engineering teams, combining multiple scanning and protection functions with integrations for repositories, CI/CD systems, IDEs, and cloud environments. It is notable for emphasizing vulnerability prioritization and reduction of false positives rather than operating as a single-purpose code-scanning tool.

History

Aikido Security was founded in 2022 by Willem Delbare, Roeland Delrue, Felix Garriau, and Madeline Lawrence. The company was incorporated in Ghent in October 2022 and raised €2 million in pre-seed funding in January 2023. It raised a €5 million seed round in November 2023, followed by later growth funding as it expanded its platform beyond code and dependency scanning into cloud, runtime security, remediation, and autonomous penetration testing. The founders have backgrounds at companies including Teamleader, Officient, Showpad, Veriff, CloudBees, and nexxworks.

Product Lines

Product Line	Positioning	Price Range
Code and Application Security	Source-code analysis and application vulnerability detection	Custom pricing
Open-Source and Dependency Security	Software-composition analysis and vulnerable-package identification	Custom pricing
Cloud and Infrastructure Security	Cloud configuration, infrastructure, container, and asset assessment	Custom pricing
Runtime Security	Monitoring and protection for deployed applications and workloads	Custom pricing
Automated Penetration Testing	Continuous automated testing for exploitable application weaknesses	Custom pricing
Vulnerability Management and Remediation	Prioritization, triage, and workflow support for fixing security findings	Custom pricing

Manufacturing

Aikido Security provides cloud-delivered software rather than physical products, so manufacturing is not applicable. Product development is conducted by the company and its distributed teams, with headquarters in Ghent and additional offices reported in San Francisco, London, and Chicago.

Notable Products

Aikido Security Platform - Unified application-security platform for source code, dependencies, containers, cloud infrastructure, and runtime environments.
Aikido SAST - Static application security testing and source-code vulnerability analysis integrated with development workflows.
Aikido SCA - Open-source dependency and software-composition analysis for identifying vulnerable packages and licensing issues.
Aikido Cloud Security - Cloud-security assessment covering infrastructure misconfigurations and exposed assets.
Aikido Pentest - Automated penetration-testing capability for discovering exploitable weaknesses in applications.
Aikido Runtime - Runtime monitoring and protection for applications and workloads.
Aikido AutoTriage and Fix - Automated prioritization and remediation workflows intended to reduce false positives and simplify vulnerability handling.

Reputation

Aikido is generally presented by customers and industry coverage as a developer-focused platform valued for consolidating several security controls, integrating with engineering workflows, and reducing alert noise. Its founding team and funding history have given it visibility in the European SaaS and application-security markets. The main potential criticism is that a unified platform may offer less specialized depth than dedicated tools in individual categories, while pricing and feature availability can vary by plan and deployment needs.

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