by Ken Carnesi on Jan 31, 2018, 12:00:00 AM
However, the real fun started last week when I travelled to Los Angeles with my co-founders Brian Gillis. It was an incredible experience — from sleeping in bunk beds for the first time in 20 years to doing deep dives on KPI’s! We are positive this is going to be a great experience for us and help us take DNSFilter to the next level. I am also sure it will provide lots of suitable blog content.
To put things into perspective, here are some impressive stats about Techstars and its network:
- 1,188 Companies (89% Active or Acquired)
- 5,307 Active Investors
- 3,731 Active Mentors
- 39 Current Programs in 25 Countries
- Represent 1 out of 20 Series A Financing Rounds
- Only accelerator to have a founding team IPO
Stay tuned as we continue along this journey!
Be sure to read Techstars Blog post featuring DNSFilter!
Below, check us out along with our Techstars Anywhere founding teams:
Techstars Anywhere 2018 Founding Teams:
- DNSFilter (Washington, DC)
- BioInteractive Technologies (Vancouver, BC)
- Storytap (Vancouver, BC)
- Filtered.ai (Boston, MA)
- TokenClub (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Flikshop (Washington, DC)
- Trust & Will (San Diego, CA)
- Queen of Raw (New York, NY)
- Lynq (Brooklyn, NY)
- Goodr (Atlanta, GA)
How Black Hat Proved DNSFilter is on the Right Expansion Path
By Ken Carnesi, CEO & Co-Founder, DNSFilter
I've been going to Black Hat for years, and I can tell you plainly: This year was different.
Shadow AI and AI governance are top of mind now, an evolution from what we were hearing at RSA earlier this year. In an AI era, taking a DNS First approach to cybersecurity isn't optional, and we're built to solve exactly that problem.
I Went to Black Hat 2026 and Only Saw the Expo Floor. Here's What I Learned.
To see what our CEO Ken Carnesi thought of the week at Black Hat, check out his blog here.
Black Hat took over Mandalay Bay this week, and the official theme was impossible to miss: AI, everywhere, all at once. The keynotes covered cyber power in the age of AI, defending when offense is cheap, and vulnerability research in the agentic age. The vendor announcements were wall-to-wall AI agents, autonomous response, and identity security. TechTarg...
