Hacktron AI
Application Security · Cybersecurity AI
3open roles
$2.9Mlatest round · Venture round · Mar 2026 · 8 mo ago
2backers · Cambridge Enterprise, Crane Venture Partners
50+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
Hacktron AI is a security company building a system that autonomously reviews code, finds vulnerabilities and writes exploits. Its small, high-ownership team recruits interns and founding technical staff in San Francisco after raising a seed round. The company is headquartered in Singapore.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 3 open roles at Hacktron AI. Hacktron AI is headquartered in Singapore. It was founded in 2025. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $2.9M, announced in 2026.
- Open roles
- 3Its careers board, read on Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- SingaporeAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2025Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $2.9MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
- Latest round
- Venture - Series Unknown · $2.9M · Mar 12, 2026SEC Form D filing · sec.gov
- Technologies in its job postings
- 15Named in its job postings
Official records
How Hacktron AI hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Hacktron AI scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Funding and backers
Total raised
$2.9M
1 round on record
Latest round
$2.9M
Venture round · Mar 2026 · 8 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
3
open roles
Backers
2
Cambridge Enterprise, Crane Venture Partners
The money's age
Fresh money
8 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
50/100
in the news, fresh money, rising traction
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 18
On the Hacker News front page A heap overflow and SSO misconfiguration to compromise OpenAI internal repos · 491 points
Mar 12
Raised a round Venture round $2.9M · SEC Form D
2025
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
21
best: 491 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Mar 2026 | $2.9M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Hacktron AI Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Zayne ZhangExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$60k
Typical range
$60k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Intern
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 1 | $60k | $60k |
Highest paying role
Member of Technical Staff Intern
$60k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
100% ▼
Financials
Total raised
$2.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | $2.9M | Details |
People
Zayne Zhang
Executive Officer, Director
Harsh Jaiswal
Director
Mohan Pedhapati
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Hacktron AI over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
15
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
87/100AI adopter
Languages
Go
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
LangGraph
Nest.JS
Vue.js
LangChain
Cloud & platforms
GCP
Kubernetes
OpenAI
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15 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Connections
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Shared investors
Crane Venture PartnersVia a fund
Cambridge EnterpriseVia a fund
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Same group
Likely
Shared investors
News
Hacktron AI trio used Claude AI to breach OpenAI systems
Three Indian-origin researchers from Hacktron AI used Anthropic's Claude AI to exploit vulnerabilities and access OpenAI systems in under 72 hours, earning a $6,500 bug bounty.
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20 Sept 2026 The Washington Post Hackers who broke into OpenAI warn the AI industry has a security problem More powerful AI magnifies cyberattack risks.
More powerful AI magnifies cyberattack risks.
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Hackers breach OpenAI, exposing vulnerabilities in security systems
Hacktron AI researchers breached OpenAI's internal systems using Anthropic's Claude model, accessing employee accounts and GitHub repos in just
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Hacktron AI Used Anthropic's Claude to Breach OpenAI Systems
Hacktron AI used Claude to breach OpenAI systems via chained vulnerabilities, earning a $6,500 bounty and exposing how AI accelerates exploit development.
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Hacktron AI Used Anthropic's Claude to Breach OpenAI Systems
Hacktron AI used Claude to breach OpenAI systems via chained vulnerabilities, earning a $6,500 bounty and exposing how AI accelerates exploit development.
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Hacktron AI researchers breached OpenAI forum and accessed employee ChatGPT
Researchers exploited weaknesses in OpenAI's systems using Anthropic's AI tool, gaining access to internal credentials shortly after a Hugging Face attack.
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Hackers Used Anthropic's Own AI to Break Into OpenAI and It Only Took 72 Hours
Hacktron AI used Anthropic's Claude to hack OpenAI's internal systems in under 72 hours, exposing GitHub, Slack, and Outlook access in a bug bounty program.
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This tiny cybersecurity startup managed to hack OpenAI using Claude
Hacktron, an SF-based startup, flagged vulnerabilities in OpenAI's systems and was paid $6,500 for the discovery.
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18 Sept 2026 Financial Times via Ars Technica Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI Researchers used Claude to reach an OpenAI employee account and sensitive GitHub data.
Researchers used Claude to reach an OpenAI employee account and sensitive GitHub data.
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17 Sept 2026 The Wall Street Journal Hackers Used Anthropic's Claude to Break Into OpenAI A bug-hunting independent security research team accessed OpenAI's internal code system, exposing growing risks in automated cyber threats
A bug-hunting independent security research team accessed OpenAI's internal code system, exposing growing risks in automated cyber threats
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Francisco
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Singapore
Singapore
HQ
San Francisco
United States
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff $60k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML
How to cite this page
Alion, "Hacktron AI: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/hacktron
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