Threat Unknown was founded by security engineers from Amazon and Robinhood. We built and operated infrastructure protecting millions of users and billions in transactions.
We kept seeing the same pattern: startups and growing companies getting hit for the same preventable reasons. The tools available were either too expensive, too complex, or too passive. Reports that nobody acted on. Alerts with no one to fix them.
So we built what we wished existed. An AI platform that does the ongoing work, continuously. Big-tech security practices, accessible to any team.
EST. 2024 · TORONTO, CANADA
Every finding and every fix shows what the agents saw, what they changed and why.
Agents prepare the change and show you exactly what it does. Nothing is applied until you say yes.
Our founders hold offensive security certifications like OSCP, so the checks look for what an attacker would actually use.
Two founders, one thesis. Here's who's behind Threat Unknown.
Michael Smith is Founder and CEO of Threat Unknown. Previously a Senior Security Engineer at Amazon and Robinhood, he spent years building and operating infrastructure protecting millions of users and billions in transactions. He started Threat Unknown to bring that big-tech security rigor to startups and growing companies: an AI platform that does the ongoing work, continuously.
Keelan Lothian-Williams is Co-Founder and Sales & Business Development Lead at Threat Unknown, helping organizations understand and manage their cybersecurity risk. He spent years in risk, underwriting, and business development at Fortune 500 companies before co-founding Threat Unknown. Keelan is also a commissioned Logistics Officer and Captain in the Army Reserve, bringing over a decade of leadership and operational experience to his work.