René Brandel invented Kiro at AWS, the fastest adopted Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Technology in history. 100k downloads in just 3 days.

Now he is building Casco: Autonomous Security Testing for Modern Applications which recently raised a Series A at $100M and has gone viral for hacking 7 out of 16 Y Combinator backed AI companies as well as betting any company $20,000 that they can hack their software in under 30 days.

Whether you are a AI startup founder or someone trying to understand where artificial intelligence and Silicon Valley AI Technology is headed, this episode is unmissable.

In this episode we cover:

• How René and his co-founder hacked 7 out of 16 Y Combinator backed AI startups in under 30 minutes, and what it exposed about AI agent security

• Why AI generates code that's 98% functionally correct but security is still flat or getting worse, and what that means for every startup shipping with AI

• The real story behind AWS Kiro, the fastest adopted IDE in history with 100k downloads in 3 days

• Why Casco is betting $20,000 that they can hack any software company in under 30 days

• Why AI slop is the biggest hidden cost in software right now, and how the best founders are avoiding it

• Casco's long term vision to make all software effortlessly secure

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