p0

p0, founded in 2022 by Kunal Agarwal and Prakash Sanker, provides a security platform that utilizes Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to identify and address security vulnerabilities in software before deployment. The company’s core technology connects with Git code repositories to analyze the entire codebase, identifying a range of issues from data integrity and validation failures to dormant "zombie" APIs that can pose significant security risks. This process preempts exploits by making security testing an inherent part of the development lifecycle.

The firm emerged from stealth in January 2024, announcing a $6.5 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Alchemy Ventures. This was followed by a Series A round in September 2024, which raised $15 million, led by SYN Ventures and including Zscaler, bringing the company's total funding to over $20 million. The platform is designed for a one-click, no-configuration deployment and can be installed entirely on-premise, ensuring that a client's code remains within their own infrastructure for maximum privacy and security. It provides a unified solution for cataloging, access control, and threat protection across all APIs within an enterprise system. The target market includes enterprises, particularly those in finance, healthcare, and software, that handle sensitive data and require robust compliance and security measures.

The founding team brings together significant industry experience. CEO Kunal Agarwal, a Harvard College economics graduate, previously founded Priority Vendor Technologies, which was backed by Lightspeed and later acquired by C2FO. CTO Prakash Sanker studied math and computer science at Stanford University and has worked at companies including Palantir and Splunk. Their combined expertise in entrepreneurship and computational science underpins p0's approach to reinventing API and code security.

Keywords: API security, generative AI, code vulnerability analysis, software security, application security testing, developer security tools, LLM-native security, data exploit prevention, threat protection, access control, zombie API detection, on-premise security, continuous security, software failure prevention, secure development lifecycle, pre-production testing, automated security, cloud security posture, identity and access management, privileged access management