What Does Surag Do?
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What does Surag actually do?

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Before Pixee

How I got here, in stick figures.

  1. Ad techPut annoying ads on your phone. You're welcome.
  2. Search warsMeasured who reigned supreme: Google, Yahoo or Microsoft.
  3. Fraud copBasically undercover. Stopped people from opening credit cards in your name.
  4. Road warriorFlew a million miles doing all of it.
Today

I live in a very small dot.

Three of the hottest topics in the valley. I work right where they collide.

Previously known as AppSec DevSecOps Agentic Security Engineering Secure Software Factories

We love a good acronym. Every rename graduated the story to something bigger. Now let's zoom in.

AI Software Security
Zoom 10× · Software

Every app is a giant recipe.

Your bank app is millions of lines of instructions, written by tired humans and very confident AI. Somewhere in there, someone left a window unlocked.

Hackers are raccoons. They don't care how nice your house is. They just want in.

checkout.js · 4,812,337 lines
Zoom 100× · Security

Security tools are the friend who points out every problem and never helps you move.

Companies buy scanners that yell about everything. Developers get thousands of alerts, fix almost none, and learn to drink through the noise.

← tap it. make it stop.
Open alerts11,982
Zoom 1,000× · The dot

Pixee is the friend who shows up with the truck.

Our AI finds the open window, closes it, and leaves a note explaining what it did. A human taps approve.

AI writes code crazy fast now, so there's more mess than ever. We built the robot that cleans up after the other robot. For brand new code, we get there first, so it's born secure.

wants to fix 1 issue Ready
Lock the back window
- back_window.locked = false // TODO: fix later
+ back_window.locked = true
Why: raccoons. Also, this let anyone walk into checkout.
← you're the human. tap it.
Fixed

New code, born secure. Babyproofed before the baby shows up.

Zoom out · real life

What I do, depending on who you ask.

What my friends think I do

What my mom thinks I do

What Arya thinks I do

What investors think I do

What I actually do

Your homework

Four things. Do them tonight.

Update your phone.Every time you tap Remind me tomorrow, a raccoon gets its wings.
Use a password manager.If your password is your dog's name plus 123, the raccoon has met your dog.
Credit card. Shred the debit card.Credit card fraud is the bank's problem. Debit card fraud is your problem, and your mortgage.
Turn up your spidey-senses.AI can fake your mom's voice now. Pick a family safe word. Make it weird.
That's the show

Thank you.

Now go update your phone. The raccoon is watching.