In this episode, we sit down with Lior Div and Nate Burke of 7AI to discuss Agentic AI, Service-as-Software, and the future of Cybersecurity. Lior is the CEO/Co-Founder of 7AI and a former CEO/Co-Founder of Cybereason, while Nate brings a background as a CMO with firms such as Axonius, Nagomi, and now 7AI.

Lior and Nate bring a wealth of experience and expertise from various startups and industry-leading firms, which made for an excellent conversation.

We discussed:

• The rise of AI and Agentic AI and its implications for cybersecurity.
• Why the 7AI team chose to focus on SecOps in particular and the importance of tackling toil work to reduce cognitive overload, address workforce challenges, and improve security outcomes.
• The importance of distinguishing between Human and Non-Human work, and why the idea of eliminating analysts is the wrong approach.
• Being reactive and leveraging Agentic AI for threat hunting and proactive security activities.
• The unique culture that comes from having the 7AI team in-person on-site together, allowing them to go from idea to production in a single day while responding quickly to design partners and customer requests.
• Challenges of building with Agentic AI and how the space is quickly evolving and growing.
• Key perspectives from Nate as a CMO regarding messaging around AI and getting security to be an early adopter rather than a laggard when it comes to this emerging technology.
• Insights from Lior on building 7AI compared to his previous role, founding Cybereason, which went on to become an industry giant and leader in the EDR space.