About
Michael Bargury is the co-founder and CTO of Zenity, an agent security company. His research focuses on attack vectors and countermeasures for AI systems and cloud applications, and he demonstrated an early attack on an enterprise AI system. He serves as a Review Board member at Black Hat, participates in the OWASP Agentic Security Initiative and co-leads OWASP AIVSS, contributes to MITRE Atlas, and has presented at conferences including DEFCON and Black Hat.
CTO at Zenity
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Zenity's investors · 14
DTCPBerlinFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksGefen CapitalHerzliya PituachHitachi VenturesMunichHitachi, Ltd.Tokyo · since 2026Intel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checksLG Technology VenturesSanta ClaraM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checksNorwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checksQumra CapitalTel Aviv · $15M – $30M checksSoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2026Third Point VenturesMenlo ParkUpWestSilicon Valley · $100K – $3M checksVertex VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks
Co-founders at Zenity
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Ben KligerFounder
Experience
- ZenityCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2021 — present
- OWASP® FoundationAIVSS Project Co-leadercurrent2025 — present
- OWASP® FoundationOWASP LCNC Top 10 Project Leadercurrent2021 — present
- Dark ReadingColumnistcurrent2022 — present
- MicrosoftSenior Architect, Azure Security CTO Office2018 — 2021
- MicrosoftData Scientist, Azure Security2016 — 2018Israel
- MicrosoftProduct Manager, Azure Security2015 — 2016Israel
- Israel Defense ForcesData Analyst2009 — 2014
Skills & more
Product Management37PythonData Mining29Machine Learning4Software Development5Statistics2Research2Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Big Data1System ArchitectureNetwork SecuritySecurity2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Bargury?
- Michael Bargury is the co-founder and CTO of Zenity, an agent security company. His research focuses on attack vectors and countermeasures for AI systems and cloud applications, and he demonstrated an early attack on an enterprise AI system. He serves as a Review Board member at Black Hat, participates in the OWASP Agentic Security Initiative and co-leads OWASP AIVSS, contributes to MITRE Atlas, and has presented at conferences including DEFCON and Black Hat.
- Where does Michael Bargury work?
- Michael Bargury is CTO of Zenity.
- What companies did Michael Bargury found?
- Michael Bargury founded Zenity.
- Where did Michael Bargury go to school?
- Michael Bargury studied at Tel Aviv University (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics and Computer Science).
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