Junaid Mahmood is Co-Founder of Trident (YC S26), a Y Combinator-backed AI security startup autonomizing penetration testing for AI agents and cloud infrastructure.

Junaid studied Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and gained industry experience at Wealthsimple, developing deep expertise in crypto, smart contracts, DeFi, and cybersecurity.

A passionate builder at the intersection of AI and security, Junaid co-founded Trident to tackle one of the fastest-growing niches in cybersecurity: AI red-teaming and agent threat detection.

Trident was accepted into Y Combinator's S26 cohort and co-founded alongside Dekai Li and Shaurya Gupta, with the team building a state-of-the-art AI agent security, observability, and threat-detection platform.

Trident runs real attacks against apps and AI agents, observes failures, and delivers actionable proof, positioning itself as the modern-day pentester for the agentic AI era.