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Junaid Mahmood

Founder

Founder at Trident

Canada

FoundedTrident · YC

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109 people in our graph share verified history with Junaid — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Rahul MehtaunlockedJunaid: together at Wealthsimple (2025–2026)
×2Junaid: together at Tesla
Junaid: together at City of Toronto
×5Junaid: together at Wealthsimple

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.

Founder at TridentYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Junaid went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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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 ↗

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In turn, Junaid can intro founders to Trident's investors below.

Trident's investors · 3

IFCAuburn · since 2026Vela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Trident

DLDekai Li
Dekai LiFounder

Experience

  1. TridentCEO & Co-foundercurrent2025 — present
  2. CompetitionsCrypto / CTFcurrent2023 — present
  3. TeslaOffensive Engineer2026
  4. WealthsimpleSoftware Engineer2025 — 2026
  5. smallest.aiEngineer2026
  6. AFA CyberPatriotTeam Lead2024 — 2025
  7. Ledger TraceFounder2024 — 2025
  8. City of TorontoCoding Instructor2023 — 2024

Skills & more

Languages French

From Junaid's professional profile.

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 Founder of Trident.
What companies did Junaid Mahmood found?
Junaid Mahmood founded Trident.
Where did Junaid Mahmood go to school?
Junaid Mahmood studied at Y Combinator; SANS Technology Institute (certificate); Z Fellows.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Z-Fellows mafia45

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Daksh GuptaFounderFounded Tabnam +1Vaishant KameswaranFounded Tabnam +1Dante VaisbortFounded Haylon Technologies +1Eli Taylor-LemireFounded Posh Group Inc. +1David LinFounderFounded DufflTeddy LiZF1Founded Nophin

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Wealthsimple mafia13

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ajay MehtaDirector, Wealthsimple InternationalFounded Tolan AI companion +1Jordan DearsleySoftware Engineer InternFounded Superpowered +1Toby TriebelCEO Europe and Head of InternationalFounded SpotcapAdam FeleskyBoard DirectorFounded Portage VenturesPaul DesmaraisChairman Of The BoardFounded DiagramSom SeifCo-Founder, Board MemberFounded Purpose Investments

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SANS Technology Institute mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam KeiruSEC560Founded Simplifyd SystemsDan GunterGraduate CertificateFounded Insane CyberThomas PaceTraining CoursesFounded Netrise Firmware securityMatthias FrielingsdorfGIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst (GMOB)Founded iVerifyRayan AlFaheidSecurity Essentials BootcampFounded DataLexing

City of Toronto mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Betty ChangDigital Health InternFounded Trapeze

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended SANS Technology Institute5

Sam KeiruFounder | COO: Product Innovation & GTM Lead at Simplifyd SystemsDan GunterFounder at Insane CyberThomas PaceCo-Founder & CEO at Netrise Firmware securityMatthias FrielingsdorfCo-founder & VP of R&D at iVerifyRayan AlFaheidCo-founder and CEO at DataLexing

Also attended Z Fellows48

Cory LevyInvestor at NZVCDavid LinFounder at DufflTeddy LiFounder, CEO at NophinColin SnyderFounder at BanaboMikael NidaFounder at LotusKatherine HeFounder at Nectar

+ 42 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Tesla288

Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context VenturesBrock CsiraInvestor at Matter Venture Partners

+ 282 more

Also worked at Wealthsimple30

Rahul MehtaCo-founder at DST GlobalToby TriebelPartner at FinTech CollectiveRiley FinchInvestment Associate at NextGen Venture PartnersCharlotte BorgognoniVice President at Inovia CapitalQuinn MurdockAssociate at Impression VenturesAdam FeleskyCEO at Portage Ventures

+ 24 more

Also worked at smallest.ai3

Sonal SaldanhaVice President at 3one4 CapitalAkshat MandloiFounder at Smallest AISudarshan KamathFounder at Smallest AI

Also worked at City of Toronto8

Eva LauFounding and General Partner at Inovia CapitalDiana JohnsonSenior Manager, Greening America’s Cities at Bezos Earth FundIsra KhokharOperations Coordinator, Invoicing & Administration at Spark Commercialization and Innovation CentreJayna MistryAssociate, Internal Team Services at Maverix Private EquityPaula KwanGovernance & Nominations Committee Chair at Startup CanadaYizhao TanEngineer at Electric Capital

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