How Kevin Mandia Built the Most Trusted Name in Cybersecurity
From Grit by Kleiner Perkins
April 6, 2026 · 1h 2m · Episode 282
About this episode
Kevin Mandia discusses the future of cybersecurity in the age of AI and the importance of customer trust.
What does security look like when attackers use AI better than you do? Armadin recently raised $200M to build for the “attacker of the future,” where attacks are autonomous and harder to contain. On the Kleiner Perkins Grit podcast, Kevin Mandia joins Joubin Mirzadegan to share how he’s thinking about this shift, why cybersecurity has always been a calling, and why customer trust is what ultimately compounds into market leadership. Guest: Kevin Mandia, Founder and CEO, Armadin Connect with Kevin Mandia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mandia-0a07173/ Connect with Josh Coyne: X LinkedIn Connect with Joubin: X LinkedIn Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com Follow on LinkedIn Follow on X Learn more about Kleiner Perkins
People in this episode
Host: Joubin Mirzadegan
Guest: Kevin Mandia
Topics covered
- cybersecurity
- AI in security
- customer trust
- market leadership
- autonomous attacks
Keywords
- cybersecurity
- AI
- trust
- market leadership
- autonomous attacks
- Kevin Mandia
- Armadin
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Armadin, Kleiner Perkins
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