Podcast

Top Security Seller to CEO: How SplxAI Grew 127% QoQ

From top security seller to CEO, Kristian Kamber shares how SplxAI scaled 127% QoQ by pioneering AI red teaming and becoming a product-led security startup.

CyberBytes Podcast – Oliver Legg

Oliver Legg

Kristian Kamber – SplxAI

Kristian Kamber

DATE

May 14, 2025

TIME & LENGTH

27 min

STATUS

Available on demand

LANGUAGE

English

CyberBytes Podcast Cover – SplxAI
CyberBytes Podcast Cover – SplxAI
CyberBytes Podcast Cover – SplxAI

In this special edition of the CyberBytes Podcast, recorded during RSA Conference 2025, host Oliver Legg sat down with Kristian Kamber, CEO and Co-Founder of SplxAI, to unpack the fast-paced rise of one of the most innovative startups in the AI security space. From manual red teaming to automating multimodal adversarial testing, SplxAI has grown 127% quarter-over-quarter and transitioned from a service-based model to a scalable, product-first approach – becoming a standout player in a rapidly evolving market.

This episode dives into what it takes to build and scale an AI security platform in a highly competitive landscape. Kristian shares lessons from navigating VC funding, hiring top AI talent in Croatia, and balancing the pressures of being a first-time CEO with a background in enterprise sales. For founders, engineers, and security leaders, this conversation delivers hard-won insights about go-to-market strategies, shifting customer mindsets, and the challenges of securing generative AI systems at scale.

Whether you're leading a startup or securing LLM-powered applications, this episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at how SplxAI is shaping the offensive AI security space – one adversarial simulation at a time.

Lessons of Building a Deep-Tech AI Security Company from the Ground Up

How SplxAI Transitioned from Services to Scalable Product Growth:
Explore SplxAI’s early journey, where the limitations and constraints of manual red teaming drove a strategic shift toward automation and a fully product-focused business model – enabling faster growth and broader customer impact.

The Role of AI-First Talent in Outpacing Competitors:
Discover why SplxAI hired exclusively AI talent, avoided traditional security hires, and built their R&D team in Croatia – and how this unconventional approach gave them an edge in developing the most advanced AI red teaming platform.

What It Really Takes to Fund and Scale an AI Security Startup:
Hear Kristian's candid take on the challenges of raising capital, picking the right investors, focusing on the US market, and leading as a first-time founder with a sales background in a deeply technical, trust-driven industry.

Available on demand

Available on demand

Available on demand

The platform that secures all your

AI

SPLX delivers AI trust from end-to-end.

The platform that secures all your

AI

SPLX delivers AI trust from end-to-end.

The platform that secures

all your AI

SPLX delivers AI trust from end-to-end.