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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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