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Building Defense for the Agentic Era: Kevin Mandia

2026-10-06 · 49 min · episode 1220 · 16 entities

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    Link in episode "Building Defense for the Agentic Era: Kevin Mandia": https://armadin.com/
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    Link in episode "Building Defense for the Agentic Era: Kevin Mandia": https://armadin.com/team-members/kevin-mandia

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    Link in episode "Building Defense for the Agentic Era: Kevin Mandia": https://armadin.com/team-members/kevin-mandia
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    Link in episode "Building Defense for the Agentic Era: Kevin Mandia": https://armadin.com/team-members/kevin-mandia

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Episode description as stored
a16z General Partner David George sits down with Armadin founder and CEO Kevin Mandia to discuss what happens to cybersecurity when attackers can operate at machine speed. After 30 years in security and building Mandiant, Kevin says AI convinced him to get back on the field. He explains how AI changes the economics of cyberattacks, allowing attackers to probe thousands of paths simultaneously, and why that means defense will ultimately need to become autonomous too. They also unpack Armadin’s approach: continuously attacking customers’ systems with AI to find exploitable vulnerabilities before adversaries do, then building toward autonomous defenses that can respond in real time. Kevin shares what Armadin has learned from finding more than 90 zero-days in production environments this year, why humans can’t remain in the detect-and-respond loop, and how the entire security stack could change over the next few years. Resources: Learn more about Kevin Mandia and Armadin: https://www.armadin.com/team-members/kevin-mandia Follow David George on X: https://x.com/DavidGeorge83 Learn more about Armadin: https://www.armadin.com/ Stay Updated: Find a16z on YouTube: YouTube Find a16z on X Find a16z on LinkedIn Listen to the a16z Show on Spotify Listen to the a16z Show on Apple Podcasts Follow our host: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.