Backing the security layer the agent era forgot
Agentic AI is being deployed faster than it's being secured. PALANIT is the independent, developer-first layer that closes the gap — led open-source, monetized through the teams that depend on it.
The thesis
A real, funded market — with a hole in the middle
Over $435M flowed into AI-agent security and governance in just five months of 2026, and Gartner named agentic-AI control the top security trend of the year. But that capital is chasing the enterprise top — nine-figure rounds selling to CISOs through sales teams. The long tail of developers and small businesses shipping agents has almost nothing. That's where PALANIT lands.
Distribution without a sales team
The open-source core is the go-to-market. Developers find it on GitHub, run it in CI, and bring it into their companies. The hosted platform monetizes the teams that already depend on the tool — the classic open-core motion, with near-zero customer-acquisition cost.
Founder-market fit
Built by a security engineer with a background in threat research and detection engineering — malware and malicious-extension analysis, detection authoring, SecOps. The detection rules are the moat, and they come from real defensive experience, not a repackaged wrapper.
Early signals & milestones
- First backing Development support from Magneri LTD for PALANIT's early build and ecosystem participation.
- Ecosystem Selected to participate in StartupCone, Limassol 2026.
- Ecosystem Participation in the Kazakhstan startup program, 2026.
- Product Working detection engine and open-source scanner — live, not a slide.
What capital accelerates
- Expand the detection rule library and threat research
- Ship Palanit OS: hosted scanning, monitoring and reporting
- Grow the open-source community and developer adoption
- Harden Bot Killer and botprobe for self-serve customers
Data room
A full package — business plan, strategy, financial model, articles and product documentation — is available to qualified investors on request.
PALANIT is pre-incorporation; company registration will follow first institutional interest. All materials are prepared by the founder.