Aikido Security
| Aikido headquarters in Ghent. Aikido-hq.jpg | |
| File:Aikido-hq.jpg Aikido headquarters in Ghent. | |
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Cybersecurity |
| Founded 📆 | October 26, 2022 |
| Founders 👔 | Willem Delbare Roeland Delrue Felix Garriau |
Number of locations | Ghent; San Francisco; London; Chicago |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Willem Delbare (CEO) Roeland Delrue (COO) Felix Garriau (CMO) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 200+ (2026) |
| 🌐 Website | aikido |
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| 📞 telephone | |
Aikido Security (legally Aikido Security BV) is a Belgian cybersecurity company headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 2022.[1] The company develops software security tools focused on integrating application, cloud, and runtime security, including what it describes as a “self-securing software” approach.[2]
History
Aikido Security was incorporated on 26 October 2022 in Ghent by Willem Delbare, Roeland Delrue, and Felix Garriau.[3][4] The company's name refers to the Japanese martial art aikido, reflecting an approach focused on efficiency in handling security threats.[5]
In January 2023, the company announced a €2 million pre-seed funding round.[6] In November 2023, it raised €5 million in a seed round co-led by Notion Capital and Connect Ventures.[7]
In May 2024, Aikido raised $17 million in a Series A round led by Singular.[8]
In January 2025, the company co-launched Opengrep, an open-source fork of Semgrep following licensing changes affecting the original project.[9] In August 2025, Aikido acquired the AI code review startup Trag.[10]
In September 2025, it acquired Allseek and Haicker, expanding into AI-based penetration testing.[11] In the same month, Aikido Security researchers were involved in identifying malicious code in widely used npm packages during a supply chain attack affecting packages with billions of weekly downloads.[12]
On 14 January 2026, the company raised a $60 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation, reaching unicorn status.[13] In March 2026, security researcher Zach Rice, known for creating Gitleaks, joined Aikido Security and initiated the open-source project Betterleaks.[14]
Products and activities
Aikido Security develops a platform that combines multiple areas of application security, including code scanning, dependency analysis, cloud security, and runtime protection.[15] The platform integrates with development environments and aims to centralise security workflows for software teams.[16]
In 2025, following the acquisitions of AI-focused penetration testing teams Allseek and Haicker, the company began offering automated penetration testing capabilities under its “Aikido Attack” branding, which uses coordinated software agents to simulate attacks across an application's attack surface and generate detailed output for security assessment and remediation.[11]
In March 2026, the company announced continuous AI penetration testing with Aikido Infinite.[17]
Organization
The company is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, and operates offices in San Francisco, London, and Chicago.[18][19] It employs over 200 people as of early 2026.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ "Aikido Security becomes a unicorn by putting developers at the centre of application security". www.movetheneedle.news. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Belgian cybersecurity startup Aikido hits unicorn status with new funding round". Reuters. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Aikido Security". Notion Capital. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ AI, Fundup. "Aikido Security $60M Series B Funding (2026) | Investors & Contacts". Fundup AI. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ Jonkers, Jens (2025-04-30). "ICT in Belgium: Aikido Speaks the Language of Developers 'without Nonsense'". ITdaily. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Aikido Security raises €2 million to help developers up software defenses". Tech.eu. 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Ghent-based Aikido Security secures €5M in seed funding round". Tech.eu. 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Belgium's Aikido lands $17M Series A for its 'no BS' security platform aimed at developers". TechCrunch. 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Code-Scanning Tool's License at Heart of Security Breakup". Dark Reading. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Aikido Security buys AI code startup Trag to outpace rivals". BankInfoSecurity. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Allseek and Haicker join Aikido to transform penetration testing into sub-hour automated assessments". SiliconANGLE. 2025-09-24. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ Gatlan, Sergiu. "Hackers hijack npm packages with 2 billion weekly downloads in supply chain attack". BleepingComputer. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Aikido Security hits unicorn valuation with $60m Series B raise". Sifted. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ Sawers, Paul (2026-03-27). "Gitleaks creator returns with Betterleaks, an open source secrets scanner for the agentic era". The New Stack. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Aikido". Techorama. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Aikido Security". Cyber Vigilance. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ Taft, Darryl K. (2026-03-04). "Aikido Security bets on AI to make software secure itself". The New Stack. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ Service, Flanders News (2026-01-15). "Ghent cyber firm Aikido becomes Belgian tech unicorn after $60m funding round". belganewsagency.eu. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Aikido Security San Francisco Office: Careers, Perks + Culture | Built In San Francisco". www.builtinsf.com. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
External links
- Official website
- Aikido Security on LinkedIn
- Aikido Security on X (Twitter)
- Aikido Security on GitHub
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