AI penetration testing with human validation and runtime virtual patching for web applications

ManticoreAI, founded by chief executive Saeid Atabaki, addresses the gap between the pace of application delivery and the cadence of traditional penetration testing engagements. The platform drives automated exploitation against web applications, APIs, and network services, pursuing business logic flaws that signature-based scanners tend to miss, and then routes candidate findings to CREST-certified testers for validation before a report is issued. The company says this combination produces audit-grade results in roughly 48 hours rather than the six to eight weeks a consultancy engagement typically takes, which matters most to teams working against PCI DSS, DORA, SOC 2, and HIPAA deadlines.

The product is organized into four parts. Assess performs the testing itself. Fix turns each validated finding into remediation guidance with the full attack transcript and, where possible, a draft code change. Continuous wires testing into CI/CD so each commit is re-examined rather than waiting for the next annual assessment. Defend applies what the company calls Generative Counter Exploits, middleware-layer rules that block the specific attack path without requiring an application change, giving development teams a window to ship a real fix. ManticoreAI participated in the Cloudflare Workers Launchpad accelerator and targets SaaS, fintech, healthcare, and public sector buyers operating under compliance mandates.