Anand Prakash

• ​Anand Prakash began his journey into cybersecurity during his B.Tech days at Vellore Institute of Technology in 2012, inspired by a Twitter post mentioning a bounty from Facebook.
• Intrigued, he delved into bug bounty hunting, landing his first bounty a year later and evolving into an ethical hacker.
• A decade later, Prakash made global headlines by selling his startup Pingsafe to NSE-listed US-based cybersecurity company SentinelOne for $100 million.
• Founded in 2021, PingSafe secured $3.3 million in funding from Peak XV’s Surge in 2023, marking one of the fastest and most successful exits for a relatively new startup.
• PingSafe is lauded for redefining cloud security, creating the next-generation cloud security platform powered by attackers’ intelligence.
• Anand Prakash, along with co-founder Nishant Mittal, aimed to provide coverage for vulnerabilities overlooked by traditional security solutions.
• Anand Prakash journey started with bug hunting during college, eventually becoming one of Facebook’s top-ranked bug hunters.
• He discovered vulnerabilities on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Tinder, Salesforce, and more, emphasizing consistent efforts to protect billions of users' data.
• Anand Prakash was part of Flipkart's early security team in 2013, collaborating on writing secure code and infrastructure.
• He recognized a clear gap in the market, observing that even large, tech-savvy companies had vulnerabilities unknown to them, making user data susceptible to attackers.

Male

Married

Awards and Honours

• ​Forbes "30 under 30 Asia
  

Board and Advisor Roles

• GoalTeller
  • Advisor
  • Apr 21, 2021