Building Defense for the Agentic Era: Kevin Mandia
The a16z Show
- Published
- October 6, 2026
- Duration
- 49:09
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Oct 7, 2026
Discusses agents, ai-regulation.
Summary
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 pr…
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Show notes
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 app
Themes
- agents
- ai-regulation