Mobile app security testing platform with AI-powered vulnerability detection
Appknox delivers automated mobile security testing (SAST, DAST, API scanning, pentesting) with a tech stack built around LLM orchestration—Python, LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, and multi-model AI (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini)—suggesting a shift toward AI-driven analysis and reasoning in their core product. Active projects in evaluation frameworks, prompt engineering, and AI-powered security tools confirm this direction. Sales and support dominance in hiring (7 of 10 open roles) reflects a go-to-market push, while churn and renewal challenges appear in their stated pain points.
Appknox is a mobile app security testing company serving enterprise and mid-market organizations globally from Singapore. The platform combines automated vulnerability assessment (covering Android, iOS, APIs, and supply chain) with on-demand penetration testing and continuous monitoring for DevSecOps teams. The company reports sub-90-minute assessment turnaround and less than 1% false negative rates. Current focus spans European and US market expansion, product cost optimization (particularly LLM API spend), and reducing customer churn through improved retention and upsell motion.
Core stack is Python-based with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI for AI orchestration; models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini; vector DBs (Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, LanceDB); mobile tooling: Xcode, Gradle, Android SDK, iOS; infrastructure: AWS, GCP; security: Burp Suite integration.
Appknox provides automated vulnerability testing for mobile apps (iOS, Android, APIs) via SAST, DAST, and on-demand pentesting, plus continuous DevSecOps monitoring and supply-chain scanning (SBOM). Results delivered in under 90 minutes with <1% false negative rate.
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