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About
Co-founder of Trident, an AI-assisted security platform for continuous web and API penetration testing and cloud attack-path analysis. His background includes competitive capture-the-flag security challenges and bug bounty hunting, and he began teaching coding at age 16.
CEO at TridentYC S26
Intro paths
Junaid went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Trident's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Junaid can intro founders to Trident's investors below.
Trident's investors · 3
Co-founders at Trident
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Junaid Mahmood?
- Co-founder of Trident, an AI-assisted security platform for continuous web and API penetration testing and cloud attack-path analysis. His background includes competitive capture-the-flag security challenges and bug bounty hunting, and he began teaching coding at age 16.
- Where does Junaid Mahmood work?
- Junaid Mahmood is CEO of Trident.
- What companies did Junaid Mahmood found?
- Junaid Mahmood founded Trident.
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