Strike
A Uruguay-based continuous penetration testing platform, founded by Santiago Rosenblatt, combining AI-driven execution with expert human validation to deliver always-on offensive security testing for over 100 enterprise customers including Santander, Globant, and Mercado Libre.
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Strike, founded in 2022 by Santiago Rosenblatt, provides a Continuous Hybrid Validation platform that combines AI-driven automated testing execution with expert human pentester validation to deliver always-on penetration testing, rather than the traditional model of scheduled, point-in-time engagements. The company raised a $13.5M Series A in March 2025 led by FinTech Collective, bringing total funding to roughly $20M, and serves over 100 customers across 20 countries.
As one of the more prominent cybersecurity companies to emerge from Latin America’s growing tech ecosystem, Strike’s customer base includes major regional and global enterprises such as Santander, Globant, and Mercado Libre, and the company has used its Series A to expand operations into the United States and Brazil.
Innovation Matrix Assessment
Rapid growth to 100+ customers in 20 countries and a Series A within three years of founding indicate fast execution for a young company.
Always-on hybrid automated-plus-human testing directly addresses the coverage gap left by traditional point-in-time pentest engagements.
A $13.5M Series A led by a credible fintech-focused investor, plus expansion into the U.S. and Brazil, signal strong commercial momentum for the company's stage.
The continuous hybrid automation-plus-human model is a meaningful shift from the traditional scheduled pentest-engagement model, though it builds on established pentesting methodology.
Named enterprise customers (Santander, Globant, Mercado Libre) are a credible adoption signal, but no independent efficacy or detection-rate benchmarks were found.
Continuous penetration testing addresses a widely-recognized gap in point-in-time assessment models and is likely to stay relevant as attack surfaces change faster than annual test cycles.
Why CISOs Should Care
CISOs wanting continuous rather than point-in-time penetration testing coverage get an always-on hybrid model that blends automated execution with real human validation, addressing the gap left by annual pentest engagements between assessment cycles.
What Makes It Different
Strike explicitly blends AI-driven automated execution with expert human validation ('Continuous Hybrid Validation') rather than choosing either pure automation or pure manual pentesting, and it has built substantial enterprise traction from a Latin American base underrepresented among global offensive-security vendors.
The Matrix Verdict
55/100 — INCREMENTAL INNOVATOR
A rapidly-growing, well-funded continuous pentesting platform with genuine enterprise traction (Santander, Globant, Mercado Libre) and a sensible hybrid automation-plus-human model; strong momentum for its stage, tempered by relatively short operating history.
Editorial Note: Claims vs. Verified Findings
Funding, founding, and named customers are corroborated across SiliconANGLE, LatamList, and Tech Funding News; specific testing-coverage and detection-rate claims are vendor-stated and were not independently benchmarked.
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