Dreadnode
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
Dreadnode provides the infrastructure platform for building, evaluating, and deploying security agents with confidence. Dreadnode was founded in 2023. The company is led by Will Pearce. Based in Herriman, UT, USA. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $14 million. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include Decibel, Next Frontier Capital, In-Q-Tel (IQT), Sands Capital, Indie VC.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Herriman, UT, USA
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $14 million
Value proposition
Provides the infrastructure platform for security agents — enabling teams to build, evaluate, and deploy AI-native security agents at scale, closing the loop from proof-of-concept to production.
Products and solutions
Dreadnode 2.0 platform: infrastructure for building, evaluating, and deploying security agents, including Resource Hub (1,600+ security tasks), Advanced AI Red Teaming, Hosted Evaluations, Training & Optimization pipeline, Worlds (synthetic network environments), Managed Sandboxes, Tracing & Observability
Unique value
Dreadnode is the infrastructure layer that makes AI-native security a reality — purpose-built for security agents, not generic agent frameworks or point solutions.
Target customer
Organizations needing to secure AI systems, particularly those in the cybersecurity and AI sectors.
Industries served
Cybersecurity, AI
Technology advantage
Purpose-built infrastructure platform for security agents with hosted evaluations, model training/optimization, synthetic network environments (Worlds), managed sandboxes, and deep observability — built by offensive security operators from NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, NetSPI, and Cohere.
How they differentiate
Dreadnode builds infrastructure for security agents rather than point solutions or generic agent frameworks — enabling teams to build, evaluate, and deploy any security agent use case on their own terms, with on-prem deployment options and deep security-domain expertise.
Main competitors
NVIDIA's AI Red Team, Google's AI Security Teams, nbhd.ai
Key partnerships
Backed by Decibel, Next Frontier Capital, In-Q-Tel (IQT), Sands Capital, Indie VC. Trusted by enterprises, government agencies, and frontier AI model providers. Active in AI security research community.
Major milestones
February 2025: Raised $14M Series A led by Decibel March 2026: Launched Dreadnode 2.0, the first complete infrastructure platform for security agents Growing team from founding team to 21+ employees across engineering, research, and operations
Growth metrics
Not explicitly stated.
Market positioning
Positioned as the infrastructure platform for the security stack — the foundational layer enabling AI-native security, competing with both closed security agent vendors and generic agent frameworks.
Geographic focus
Likely global, given the nature of AI security.
Patents and IP
Not explicitly mentioned.
About Will Pearce
Will Pearce is the co-founder of Dreadnode, an offensive ML company. Previously he was AI Red Team Lead at NVIDIA, and before that, he was a security consultant at a large financial institution. He has a passion for offensive security and has spoken at several conferences, including Black Hat, DEF CON, and DerbyCon.
Official website: https://www.dreadnode.io