Warren Mercer
More than 20 years leading companies and teams in cybersecurity and network security.
NYSE · Cisco · BTWho builds KPATH?
The founding team built and scaled HYDN Security, a cybersecurity firm whose global clients include Rapid7, a16z, Consensys and MetaMask. KPATH brings that experience to the newest thing acting on enterprise systems: AI agents.
Built by security and deep tech people.
The people
Founders and advisors.
James Williams
More than 25 years in leadership, deep tech, development, cybersecurity and transformation.
Bosch · Arriva
David Goulbourn
More than 15 years in product, marketing and consulting across cybersecurity and tech.
Warner Bros · Amex
Umar Ahmed
Director of Strategy and Architecture, working on governance at enterprise scale.
Deutsche BankBefore KPATH
What HYDN taught us
Years of securing other people's systems at HYDN shaped how the team thinks about enforcement. The control has to sit outside the thing being controlled, and the record has to survive an audit. KPATH is built on both.
Research partnerships
Building secure AI with leading UK research partners.
KPATH partners with the Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre (AICC) and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) to develop secure AI technology for enterprise clients.
A £16.3 million AI adoption initiative led by Ulster University with Queen's University Belfast.
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The UK's Innovation & Knowledge Centre for cyber security, based at Queen's University Belfast.
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Common questions
Who founded KPATH?
Warren Mercer, James Williams and David Goulbourn, the team that built and scaled HYDN Security.
What did the founders build before KPATH?
The founding team built and scaled HYDN Security, a cybersecurity firm whose global clients include Rapid7, a16z, Consensys and MetaMask.
Who are KPATH's research partners?
The Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre (AICC), a £16.3 million AI adoption initiative led by Ulster University with Queen's University Belfast, and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), the UK's Innovation & Knowledge Centre for cyber security, based at Queen's University Belfast.
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