In this episode of Resilient Cyber, I sit down with repeat guest Snehal Antani, who serves as the Co-Founder & CEO of Autonomous Pen Testing leader Horizon3.ai.
We will discuss the latest developments in AI and Autonomous Pen Testing, as well as the tremendous growth and success of Horizon3.ai, as Snehal balances technical topics with business-centric, hard-won wisdom of growing an industry-leading organization.
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Snehal and I covered a lot of ground, including:
The state of the industry when it comes to autonomous pen testing and the impact of AI and Agents on Offensive Security.
The type of impacts AI, LLMs, and Agents are and will have on Pen Testing, both as a professional practice as well as a product/service, as it shifts from a cyclical activity (e.g., annually) to one that is much more near real-time, continuous and ongoing, and how Horizon3.ai is approaching this in their products such as NodeZero.
How the industry tends to hyper-focus on known vulnerabilities and CVEs versus also taking into account misconfigurations, posture, and hygiene, and how each plays a role in organizational resiliency.
The shortcomings of security tech stacks and tools, particularly when they aren’t fully implemented, configured, tuned, and optimized, and the role of security tools when it comes to the attack surface.
The ongoing race between hackers/attackers and defenders when it comes to looking to leverage AI to improve their goals and outcomes, and how each entity is trying to create its own asymmetric advantage.
Factors that have contributed to Horizon3.ai’s incredible business success, including 137% YoY ARR growth in H1 2025, along with 487% growth among their enterprise customer segment, and the market shifts, along with the organizational structure Snehal has established to help Horizon3.ai thrive.
The difficulty of doing autonomous pen testing at scale, especially in highly complex production systems, and why some companies struggle to prove themselves in this capacity, failing to earn trust, which precedes opportunity and growth.
The highly competitive landscape that is AI and Offensive Security/Pen Testing, and the competitive differentiators Snehal feels Horizon3.ai has, including expansive data, the importance of channel partners, and the sales funnel.
