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What is Hacktron Automations?
Hacktron Automations is an AI security tool developed by Hacktron that enables security teams, developers, and engineering teams to close the loop between vulnerability discovery and patching. It connects security triggers to actions and team notifications, automatically verifying and remediating matching security findings. The platform functions as an AI security engineer, autonomously reviewing code and performing penetration tests to find and fix real vulnerabilities. It integrates directly into the development workflow, primarily focusing on identifying security issues before they are shipped. Hacktron Automations traces code changes like an attacker would, proves impact with a working exploit, and shows its work directly in the pull request, aiming to reduce false positives by learning from team feedback and project-specific rules. Recent developments include $2.9 million in pre-seed funding in May 2026, led by Crane Venture Partners, and the launch of the 'Hacktron Review' feature with a 14-day free trial in April 2026. Hacktron has also responsibly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in projects like OAuth2 Proxy, YouTube, Metabase, Open AM, OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity, with Google reportedly paying a $10,000 bounty for one such finding.
