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Veria Labs

Continuous AI pentesting that finds and fixes vulnerabilities

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.
Active Founders
Cayden Liao
Cayden Liao
Founder
I've previously done work in the Web3 security space writing fuzzers for crypto and zero knowledge protocols. Otherwise, I'm a recruited swimmer for college and am part of the #1 CTF (competitive hacking) team in the US.
Jayden Sarveshkumar
Jayden Sarveshkumar
Founder
web exploitation @ .;,;. (#1 US competitive hacking team). previously bootstrapped a side project to 8k mrr. now working on the future of security @ Veria Labs.
Stephen Xu
Stephen Xu
Founder
Previously doing Offensive Security @ TikTok, and play on the #1 CTF (competitive hacking) team in the US. Also used to do computational physics research at some point.
Company Launches
Veria Labs: AI agents that pentest your code continuously
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👋Hi all, we’re Stephen, Cayden and Jayden from Veria Labs!

TL;DR

  • Most companies pentest only 1-2x per year, but high-performing teams deploy multiple times per day
  • We're building AI agents that continuously find vulnerabilities in your application
  • Our ask: If you're at a fintech, healthcare, or crypto company that wants to be secure while moving fast, let’s talk: https://verialabs.com/contact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd4pcO3EGcI


The Problem

You ship code constantly. You test for security once a year, if at all.

This isn't a startup problem. It's structural. PCI DSS mandates annual pentests. HIPAA requires regular security assessments. Crypto projects get audited before launch. But after that initial test, your codebase evolves, you add features, you refactor, and there's no continuous security validation.

Traditional pentesting is fundamentally broken for modern development:

It's too slow. Results take weeks to deliver. By the time you get the report, your codebase has changed 50+ times.

It's too expensive. $15,000-$30,000+ per engagement. You can't afford to test continuously at these prices, but you also can't afford not to be secure.

It has terrible coverage. Pentesters scope to 5-10 application features because that's all they can audit in two weeks. The rest of your codebase gets ignored. Your background jobs, admin panels, internal APIs are all potential attack vectors that never get looked at.

It's too shallow. Even within their limited scope, human pentesters are constrained by time. They get 5-10 days, bill $250-300/hour, and move on to the next client. They find the obvious vulnerabilities: SQL injection, XSS, broken auth. But complex, multi-step exploits that require deep exploration of your business logic get missed because there's simply not enough time.

Meanwhile, 1 in 5 companies don't test their software for security vulnerabilities at all.

Our Solution

We're building AI agents that run continuously on your codebase and send you actionable results every Monday morning.

Why we're different from traditional pentesting:

Our agents aren't constrained by human hours or budgets. We can test exhaustively: every code path, every edge case, every possible attack chain. We're not just faster and cheaper. We find more bugs.

Why we're different from SAST tools (Semgrep, Snyk):

Static analysis tools flag potential issues but can't exploit them. Our LLM-based agents:

  • Actually exploit vulnerabilities to prove they're real (no false positives)
  • Understand and adapts to your business logic and data flows
  • Learn your codebase architecture and conventions, which means dramatically fewer false positives
  • Chain together low-severity findings into high-impact exploits

About Us

We're members of the #1 competitive hacking (CTF) team in the United States.

Between us, we've found critical vulnerabilities in AI tools, operating systems, fintech apps, and billion-dollar crypto exchanges. The future of security testing is automated, and we're building it.

What We’re Looking For

If you:

  • Deploy code daily but test for security sporadically (or never)
  • Are spending $30K+ per year on pentests that are outdated within weeks
  • Need continuous security without hiring an entire red team
  • Want to find complex vulnerabilities before attackers do

Let's talk: https://verialabs.com/contact

We're especially interested in working with fintech, healthcare, and crypto companies (where the stakes are highest), but if you're facing similar challenges in other industries, we'd love to hear from you too.

Veria Labs
Founded:2025
Batch:Fall 2025
Team Size:3
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Primary Partner:Tom Blomfield