Vineet Edupuganti, Cogent Security CEO on AI Vulnerability Management
Episode description
Vineet Edupuganti is Co-Founder & CEO of Cogent Security, deploying generative AI to supercharge vulnerability management and risk reduction for global brands, after scaling Abnormal Security from early PM through Head of Multi-Product Platform where he grew his 30-person division 4X, launched Knowledge Base/Security Posture Management, rolled out RBAC platform capabilities, and drove PLG initiatives as ARR crossed $100M with 15X headcount growth. Ex-ML engineer at Meta (generative AI for Facebook Assistant), Stanford researcher (GANs/VAEs accelerating MRI 10X, 100+ citations at top ML conferences), New Relic (time-series forecasting), and Menlo Ventures (AI incubation), Vineet fuses hardcore AI systems with enterprise security product leadership giving him deep insight into scaling AI product strategy, engineering, and go-to-market execution.Topics:
- AI operational excellence: building data labeling, ML pipelines, and PM systems
- How Abnormal Security rocketed to $100M ARR with smart platform pivots and product-led growth
- Lessons from growing teams 4X during 15X company hypergrowth while launching new products