Cobalt recently announced the close of its most successful fiscal year. The company delivered massive scale and breakthrough AI innovation to the global security market. This growth highlights the rising demand for modern pentesting services. Enterprises now adopt these solutions to stay ahead of digital threats. Cobalt completed over 31,000 testing days during 2025. Their experts spent 255,000 hours on hands-on testing tasks. This effort helped find an average of 12 critical vulnerabilities every day. The company grew its customer base by over 7 percent. Most of this growth came from mid- to large-sized enterprise clients. Additionally, Cobalt kept a great pentest NPS score of 9. It indicates the deep customer trust and the consistent value that they get from the company.
Expanding Offensive Security Leadership
The firm introduced several technical advancements this year. These features include AI-powered scoping and an AI pentest assistant. These tools help summarize findings and recommend next steps. The platform also offers AI-driven insights for peer benchmarking. These updates accelerate reporting and documentation for all users. Cobalt truly leads the way in AI innovation for the cybersecurity industry.
“This year, it became unequivocally clear that traditional pentesting simply cannot keep pace with fast-moving development cycles or the growing sophistication of AI-enabled threats,” said Sonali Shah, CEO, Cobalt. “Security leaders need offensive security that works at the speed and scale of their business. Cobalt brings together the precision of human-led expertise, the efficiency of AI and learnings from years of testing data to give organizations continuous insight into their real-world risk. The momentum we saw in 2025 is a direct reflection of our commitment to making pentesting more transparent, more actionable, and more aligned to business outcomes.”
The company also earned 88 G2 badges in 2025. It ranked first in nine different security categories. Industry leaders recognize Cobalt as a pioneer in PTaaS. This success sets a strong foundation for the coming year. Cobalt plans to invest more in AI innovation throughout 2026. The company recently added Gunter Ollmann as the new CTO. Joseph Brinkley also joined as the Head of Offensive Security Research and Community. They will help fuse human mastery with intelligence-driven validation. The Cobalt Core community also grew to 500 elite pentesters. This represents an 11 percent increase in specialized expertise. The team focuses on scaling talent alongside new technology. They aim to help organizations operate fearlessly in a digital world.
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Source: Businesswire
