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🌴 Founder chat with Kindo, raised $28M to build AI cybersecurity
#060: Join virtually to listen to our live Q&A

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TLDR: Issue #060 Summary
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Ron Williams (Founder of Kindo)
Built and led global security and infrastructure teams at 3 unicorns (Riot Games, Bird, & Clover Health)
3x founder with prior exits and 20+ years experience
A veteran who was in the U.S. Air Force
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Modernizing Enterprise Operations with Secure Agentic AI
The Problem
Security teams today are overwhelmed by the scale and speed of modern threats. They face a constant influx of alerts, incident reports, and intelligence feeds, often spread across disconnected tools that demand manual investigation and correlation. This fragmented approach slows response times and increases the risk of oversight.
The Solution
Kindo’s platform solves these challenges by introducing autonomous agents that streamline core security workflows. Its system can automatically triage incidents, execute response runbooks, and perform continuous monitoring, eliminating manual workloads while improving precision.
With its AI-native architecture, Kindo gives teams the power to:
Deploy AI securely within existing infrastructure
Automate complex workflows in DevOps and SecOps
Enhance team efficiency and scalability through agentic operations
Ensure security and compliance in every interaction
Beyond productivity, Kindo’s proprietary Deep Hat model powers AI-driven red-teaming for over 300 enterprises. Deep Hat’s uncensored design makes Kindo one of the only platforms capable of realistic, controlled cybersecurity testing at scale.
The Market
The global artificial intelligence (AI) cybersecurity market size was $17.4B in 2022 and is expected to reach $134B by 2030.
Big Tech companies are building their own security management platforms, but most large companies don’t have the resources or technical capabilities to build their own internal security platforms.
This is where Kindo comes into play.

Meet the Founder
Ron Williams, Kindo’s Founder and CEO, is a veteran security and infrastructure leader who previously led global teams at Riot Games, Bird, and Clover Health (all of which scaled to become unicorns during his tenure).
A former Air Force programmer turned enterprise CISO, Ron has spent two decades building and defending large-scale systems used by millions worldwide.
He has built 2 prior companies, with an exit, and started Kindo 3 years ago.
His expertise in automation, governance, and cybersecurity has made him a respected voice on trustworthy AI.
Join our live Founder Chat Q&A session
Friday November 7th at 3:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM ET (60 mins)
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