Hacktron Raises $2.9M to Bring Security Testing Into Every Code Change
AI has changed the pace of software development, and security reviews now have to keep up with workflows moving faster than traditional testing cycles were designed to handle. Developers can generate, edit, and ship code quickly, but every new change still needs to be checked before it reaches production.
Hacktron is taking aim at the pull request, one of the last checkpoints before new code goes live. The San Francisco startup has raised $2.9 million in pre-seed funding for a platform that tests code changes as developers submit them, so security issues can be caught while the work is still fresh.
AI Has Already Entered the Development Workflow
The pace of software development has already changed. Stack Overflow’s 2025 Developer Survey found that 84% of respondentswere using or planning to use AI tools in their development process, up from 76% the year before, while 51% of professional developers said...
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