Draft:Aikido Security
Belgian security company
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Aikido Security (legally Aikido Security BV) is a Belgian cybersecurity company headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 2022.[1] The company develops software security tools focused on integrating application, cloud, and runtime security, including what it describes as a “self-securing software” approach.[2]
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Roeland Delrue
Felix Garriau
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 Aikido headquarters in Ghent. | |
Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cybersecurity |
| Founded | October 26, 2022 |
| Founders | Willem Delbare Roeland Delrue Felix Garriau |
| Headquarters | Ghent, Belgium |
Number of locations | Ghent; San Francisco; London; Chicago |
Key people | Willem Delbare (CEO) Roeland Delrue (COO) Felix Garriau (CMO) |
Number of employees | 200+ (2026) |
| Website | aikido |
History
Aikido Security was incorporated on 26 October 2022 in Ghent by Willem Delbare, Roeland Delrue, and Felix Garriau.[3][4] The company's name refers to the Japanese martial art aikido, reflecting an approach focused on efficiency in handling security threats.[5]
In January 2023, the company announced a €2 million pre-seed funding round.[6] In November 2023, it raised €5 million in a seed round co-led by Notion Capital and Connect Ventures.[7]
In May 2024, Aikido raised $17 million in a Series A round led by Singular.[8]
In January 2025, the company co-launched Opengrep, an open-source fork of Semgrep following licensing changes affecting the original project.[9] In August 2025, Aikido acquired the AI code review startup Trag.[10]
In September 2025, it acquired Allseek and Haicker, expanding into AI-based penetration testing.[11] In the same month, Aikido Security researchers were involved in identifying malicious code in widely used npm packages during a supply chain attack affecting packages with billions of weekly downloads.[12]
On 14 January 2026, the company raised a $60 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation, reaching unicorn status.[13] In March 2026, security researcher Zach Rice, known for creating Gitleaks, joined Aikido Security and initiated the open-source project Betterleaks.[14]
Products and activities
Aikido Security develops a platform that combines multiple areas of application security, including code scanning, dependency analysis, cloud security, and runtime protection.[15] The platform integrates with development environments and aims to centralise security workflows for software teams.[16]
In 2025, following the acquisitions of AI-focused penetration testing teams Allseek and Haicker, the company began offering automated penetration testing capabilities under its “Aikido Attack” branding, which uses coordinated software agents to simulate attacks across an application's attack surface and generate detailed output for security assessment and remediation.[11]
In March 2026, the company announced continuous AI penetration testing with Aikido Infinite.[17]