Aikido brings pentest-style reasoning into static code review

Code Audit analyzes source code for multi-step vulnerabilities that rule-based scanners and live pentests can miss before release.

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Primary source: Aikido Security

Why it matters

Aikido is turning its platform thesis into a harder claim: AI can reason through source code deeply enough to move part of pentesting into the pre-release workflow.

Illustration of Aikido's Code Audit inspecting highlighted source code with annotations pointing to chained, multi-step vulnerabilities before release

Aikido Security is pushing automated security testing earlier in the release cycle with Code Audit, a new source-code analysis product that Aikido says sits between conventional static application security testing and a human penetration test.…

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