Our Mission
We build AI-native security products — and forward-deploy them alongside you — for the startups and institutions that cannot afford to fail. Security is built in, not bolted on, and operations run at machine speed.
The Challenge
Critical public infrastructure is under real, active threat. The hard part was never building it, it is keeping it resilient when it is being tested by adversaries, scale, and time.
Bugz builds products that combine security architecture, AI-driven operations, and continuous compliance into a single discipline. We design systems that defend themselves, respond at machine speed, and stay audit-ready, so the institutions people depend on do not fail.
Traction
- Years building
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- Ecosystem backers
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- Frameworks mapped
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- Gov platform shipped
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Meet the team
The Builders
Bugz is a research-led product company based in North Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, building AI-native security products, guided by CySecK and IISc, and incubated at T-Hub.
We build products, then deploy them with you. Bugz IaC Agent is our core product, alongside live security products for API and OT/ICS — and our team forward-deploys, building and shipping alongside yours, all in service of infrastructure that has to stay resilient under real pressure.
Our team pairs deep security architecture with AI-driven operations and continuous compliance. We forward-deployed a cyber-resilience platform for Karnataka's government, where the cost of failure is measured in public trust, not just downtime.
The team
Shekhar Gowda
Founder & Product Engineer
Divakar Prayaga
Mentor & Strategic Advisor
Ankush Ranka
Technical Lead
Sashank Narain, Ph.D.
Product R&D
Mintoy Joy
Brand & Identity
Ecosystem & Backers
Guided by Industry Leaders
Bugz is guided by Karnataka's leading cybersecurity research and innovation institutions, who share our focus on public-sector cyber resilience.
Our Ecosystem
- CySecK
Karnataka's K-Tech Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security, hosted at IISc. CySecK guides our research and connects us to the people defending India's public infrastructure, sharpening how we build resilient systems for government.
- IISc
The Indian Institute of Science, India's premier research institution and host of CySecK. IISc anchors the deep security research that informs how Bugz designs infrastructure to stay resilient under sustained, real-world pressure.
- T-Hub
India's pioneering innovation ecosystem and business incubator. T-Hub incubates Bugz, giving us mentorship, resources, and a community of builders as we scale cyber resilience for the public sector.
Join Us
Build Resilient Infrastructure With Us
We're always looking for talented individuals passionate about cybersecurity, AI-native operations, and protecting public infrastructure.
Interested in joining the Bugz team? We're a product company based in North Bengaluru, Karnataka, building AI-native security products for those who cannot afford to fail. Reach out to us to learn about current opportunities.