Bugcrowd Acquires Mayhem Security

November 4, 2025

Bugcrowd has acquired Mayhem Security, an AI offensive security pioneer founded by Carnegie Mellon researchers, to integrate Mayhem's autonomous testing and reinforcement-learning capabilities into Bugcrowd's crowdsourced security platform. The acquisition (terms not disclosed) will combine Bugcrowd's hacker community with Mayhem's AI-driven offensive testing to deliver continuous, human-in-the-loop security across development and production; Dr. David Brumley will join Bugcrowd as Chief AI and Science Officer.

Buyers
Bugcrowd
Targets
Mayhem Security
Industry
Cybersecurity
Location
Pennsylvania, United States
Transaction Type
Buyout

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