The story behind Mindgard

Mindgard empowers enterprise security teams to build AI and GenAI securely across the pipeline. 

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Mindgard is a cybersecurity company specializing in security for AI.

Founded in 2022 at world-renowned Lancaster University and now based in London, Mindgard empowers enterprise security teams to deploy AI and GenAI securely. Mindgard’s core product – born from ten years of rigorous R&D in AI security – offers an automated platform for continuous security testing and red teaming of AI. In 2023, Mindgard secured $4 million in funding, backed by leading investors such as IQ Capital and Lakestar.

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Meet Our Team

Dr. Peter Garraghan

CEO/CTO, Co-founder
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Steve Street

COO/CRO, Co-founder
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Benji Weber

VP of Engineering
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Nipun Gupta

Head of Product
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Haralds Gabrans Zukovs

Head of Growth

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Jonathan Canizales

Operations Manager

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William Hackett

Founding Machine Learning Engineer

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Stefan Trawicki

Founding Machine Learning Engineer

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Lewis Birch

Founding Machine Learning Engineer

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Ayomide Apantaku

Software Engineer

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Alex Dutton

Software Engineer

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Our Mission and Vision

We want to enable people to benefit from AI advances safely by delivering advanced cybersecurity solutions that protect AI and GenAI systems. We envision becoming the leading cybersecurity for AI company, empowering enterprises to harness the full potential of AI and GenAI securely, driving innovation while minimizing threats.

Our Values

Mindgard's values guide our actions and decisions. These principles form the foundation of our company's culture, shaping how we interact within our teams and with our clients. They inspire us to improve continuously and help us navigate the dynamic landscape of the AI security industry.

Kind

We believe in treating everyone with respect, compassion and kindness, ensuring a supportive environment.

Curious

Originating from a leading UK university lab, research and innovation is an integral part of our company's DNA.

Ambitious

Spending years tackling this problem, we are deeply committed to our mission of ensuring that people can use AI securely. 

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Milestones

Founded

Year 2022

Founded since 2022, HQ in London

Investment

$4m

Venture Capital Raised

Winners

Year 2024

UK's Most Innovative Cyber SME

JUL 2016

AI security lab formally founded by Prof. Peter Garraghan at Lancaster University dedicated to the exploration and creation of next generation AI systems.

Aug 2021

Prof. Garraghan and scientists successfully crack how to automate and generalize cyber attacks across different neural networks types and deployment scenarios at scale.

MAY 2022

Mindgard founded in 2022 at Lancaster University and now based in London, created to empower enterprise security teams to deploy AI and GenAI securely.

SEP 2023

Secured $4 million in funding, backed by leading investors such as IQ Capital, Lakestar and Osney Capital.

FEB 2024

Launched Mindgard AI Security Labs, offering continuous automated red teaming to detect and mitigate threats to AI systems that traditional security measures miss.

JUN 2024

Winners of Cyber Innovation Prize, at Infosecurity Europe 2024, this award recognizes us among industry leaders, reflecting the team's dedication to excellence in cybersecurity. 

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Podcast

TNW Podcast: Cybersecurity in AI with Peter Garraghan

In this episode, they explored the diverse threats facing generative AI systems, highlighting both sophisticated and more familiar cyber attacks that target these technologies. 

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Briefings

Rising Cybersecurity Star 2024

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News

Peter Garraghan: "The problem we're talking about here is cybersecurity threat against AI itself."

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