X @Avi Chawla

Market Trend & Disruption - AI pentesting agents are starting to perform on-par with human pentesters in routine tasks [1] - The routine pentest (pre-launch, post-refactor, quarterly checks) is shifting to AI [3] Cost & Time Efficiency - Traditional pentesting engagements cost $20 thousand to $50 thousand and take 4-6 weeks [4] - AI pentesting can be done in hours instead of weeks and at a fraction of the cost [1] Tool & Implementation - Strix, an open-source AI pentesting framework, replicates a $50 thousand service [1] - Strix spins up a team of AI "attackers" to probe web apps, APIs, and code [2] - Strix returns validated findings with exploit evidence, remediation steps, and a full PDF report [2]