Vineet Edupuganti (Cogent Security) - First Principles in the AI Era

Vineet Edupuganti is the CEO and co-founder of Cogent Security, which uses AI systems to investigate and resolve cybersecurity vulnerabilities. With a background in machine learning and product management, Edupuganti brings a product-first mindset to solving complex security challenges for modern enterprises. In this conversation with Stanford Adjunct Lecturer Ravi Belani, Edupuganti explores how his journey from Stanford undergraduate to AI cybersecurity entrepreneur taught him to base his thinking on first principles. Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at the Stanford School of Engineering, and published on eCorner by STVP. STVP empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations. CONNECT WITH US YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ecorner X: https://x.com/ECorner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanfordtechnologyventuresprogram/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stanfordstvp.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StanfordTechnologyVenturesProgram Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stanford_stvp LEARN MORE STVP: https://stvp.stanford.edu/ eCorner by STVP: https://stvp.stanford.edu/ecorner Support our mission of providing students and educators around the world with free access to Stanford University’s network of entrepreneurial thought leaders: https://stvp.stanford.edu/giving-to-stvp/.