Pynt
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
AI-driven API security testing platform that discovers, tests, and fixes API vulnerabilities via context-aware simulated attacks. Pynt was founded in 2022. The company is led by Tzvika Shneider. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $6M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Joule Ventures, Dallas Venture Capital, Honeystone Ventures, Tal Mozes, Tamir Carmel, Abhinav Asthana, Amos Stern, Boaz Chalamish, Boris Weinberg, Renan Feldman, Karl Mattson.
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $6M
Value proposition
Enables developers and security teams to autonomously find and fix API and LLM/MCP security vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle ('shift-left'), reducing reliance on scarce security specialists.
Products and solutions
Automated API Discovery, API Security Testing (DAST-style, business logic focused), LLM/MCP Security testing, Automated pen-testing reports, integrations with Postman, Burp Suite, Selenium.
Unique value
Context-aware, AI-driven simulated attacks that test business logic flaws (not just infrastructure) pre-production, including emerging LLM/MCP attack surfaces.
Target customer
Enterprise DevSecOps and AppSec teams in fintech, healthcare, and eCommerce with significant API surfaces.
Industries served
Fintech, Healthcare, eCommerce
Technology advantage
AI-driven behavior-based API discovery and business-logic vulnerability simulation, extended to GenAI/LLM and MCP security testing (281-MCP risk research report).
How they differentiate
Focus on pre-production/shift-left API testing with AI-simulated business-logic attacks, plus early move into LLM/MCP security testing, vs. competitors' primarily runtime/production API protection focus.
Main competitors
Wallarm, Salt Security, Noname Security (acquired by Akamai), Traceable AI
Key partnerships
Integrations with Postman, Burp Suite, Selenium, Slack community, investor/advisor network including Postman CEO Abhinav Asthana, post-acquisition integration with Radware's cloud/app security suite.
Major milestones
2022: Founded (as Overcast Security), Sept 2023: Raised $6M Seed, Jan 27, 2026: Acquired by Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR) to strengthen full-lifecycle API security.
Growth metrics
35K+ users reported on company site; acquired by Radware for a deal valued at 'tens of millions' USD (Jan 2026).
Market positioning
Developer-first, pre-production API and AI/LLM security testing vendor, niche relative to larger runtime API protection incumbents.
Geographic focus
Global, with strong Israel/US enterprise security market presence.
About Tzvika Shneider
Co-founder & CEO of Pynt (formerly Overcast Security); dev-first ethical hacking background; Tel Aviv University.
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Official website: https://www.pynt.io