Security Leaders Dinner by Aikido I Paris
Will AI kill the pentest?
Pentesting is at a crossroads.
AI agents can already probe applications, chain vulnerabilities and run attacks at a speed humans can't match. Some think this is the beginning of the end for traditional pentesting. Others argue that no agent can replicate the creativity, intuition and sheer unpredictability of a great human hacker.
So who's right?
We did the only reasonable thing: we're having dinner about it.
Securing Tomorrow is Aikido's invite-only dinner series for CISOs and security leaders. No pitches, no slides. Just good food and honest conversation with people dealing with the same questions you are. Chatham House Rule. Whatever gets said stays at the table.
We'll get into:
Where AI pentesting actually works today, and where it still falls short
Whether agentic AI can rival the creativity and intuition of human hackers
What continuous, automated offensive testing changes for security teams
Whether the traditional point-in-time pentest is evolving, or heading for extinction
Leading the conversation is Wout Debaenst, co-founder of Allseek, the AI pentesting company acquired by Aikido Security, and now Head of AI Pentesting at Aikido.
Wout has spent the last few years building AI agents that don't just identify vulnerabilities, but actively try to exploit them. He'll bring what he's learned from putting AI pentesting into practice, including where the technology surprises him, where it breaks down, and what he still wouldn't trust an agent to do.
Come hungry. Bring opinions.
No pitches. No slides. Just dinner and a conversation worth having.
In case you're wondering who's picking up the check
Aikido – Aikido builds category-leading security products across software security, including code, cloud, runtime, and penetration testing. Each product can be deployed independently to identify exploitable risk. When used together on Aikido’s platform, these products share context across code, cloud, and runtime to improve prioritization and remediation.
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