Welcome to Season 2! In the return of the Innovator Series, host Eron Howard speaks with Ankita Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Akto, an emerging leader whose platform tackles one of the most persistent blind spots in modern cybersecurity: API security. Gupta is focused on solving API security at its core, building technology that allows organizations to continuously discover, test, and secure the APIs that underpin modern applications.
Securing The Hidden Backbone Of Modern Applications
APIs have quietly become the connective tissue of digital business, but their rapid proliferation has introduced a sprawling, often unmonitored attack surface. Traditional security tooling has struggled to keep pace with the dynamic nature of APIs, leaving gaps that attackers are increasingly exploiting.
Gupta founded Akto to address this exact problem. The platform focuses on automated API discovery and continuous security testing, enabling teams to identify vulnerabilities in real time rather than relying on periodic scans or incomplete inventories. As organizations continue to shift toward microservices and API-first architectures, solutions like Akto are positioned to become foundational to modern security programs.
Today, Akto is pushing toward a future where API security is not a bolt-on function, but an integrated, continuous process embedded directly into the development lifecycle, helping security teams keep up with the speed of innovation without sacrificing visibility or control.
The Innovator Series is meant to get inside the mind of the founder, and learn what inspired and motivated them to find success in the cybersecurity industry. Learn more about Ankita Gupta and Akto in our 16 minute conversation on YouTube.