ATAS
AI security startup · Investor overview

Job-ready cybersecurity talent, proven with evidence

ATAS is an AI security readiness platform and live-fire cyber range seeking aligned angel investors, cybersecurity accelerators and incubators to scale measurable workforce outcomes.

Early traction

Owned distribution from day one

66K+
Campaign views (YouTube)
17K+
Security professionals engaged
100+
Early users providing feedback
15+
Years of founder DevSecOps / AppSec experience
The problem

Cybersecurity training is not skills-validated

What breaks today

  • Passive learning (videos/quizzes) does not prove real-world readiness
  • Labs are hard to run: environment drift, setup time, resets, inconsistent scoring
  • Skills evidence is fragmented — no audit-ready reporting for stakeholders
  • Role alignment is unclear across SOC, AppSec, Cloud and IR paths

Impact on organizations

  • Longer time-to-productivity for new hires and apprentices
  • Higher incident risk from uneven skill verification
  • Hard to standardize outcomes across cohorts and programs

Stakeholders need repeatable live-fire labs with measurable outcomes.

Market

A persistent global workforce gap

~5.5M
Active cybersecurity workforce
~4.8M
Global workforce gap

Source: ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study 2024 (approximate values).

Business model

SaaS + pilot enablement

Pilot (POC)

  • 1 cohort (25 learners)
  • Core scenarios + reporting
  • Instructor enablement

Program

  • Annual cohorts
  • Role paths (SOC / AppSec / Cloud)
  • Private tenant option

Enterprise / Public Sector

  • SSO / RBAC + audit logs
  • Custom scenarios
  • Support + SLAs

Pricing is finalized after pilots based on cohort size, lab hours and deployment model.

Proof of concept · 90–120 days

What funding accelerates

Milestones

  • Harden MVP: multi-tenant isolation, scenario templates, exportable reporting
  • Run 2 pilot cohorts (25 learners each) and capture outcome metrics
  • Validate NICE role mappings and assessment rubrics
  • Document pilot results and a scale plan for repeatable deployments

Use of funds

  • Engineering: lab orchestration, resets, reporting exports
  • Pilot delivery: environments + instructor enablement
  • Initial operations and hiring
Proof-of-concept funding ask
$50K–$100K
Convertible note · 90–120 day pilot

Pilot validation funding, not a full pre-seed round. Final budget and terms subject to investor agreement.

Deliverables: pilot outcomes report, readiness dashboards and scale plan.
Go-to-market

Land, expand, scale

Land — Pilot

  • 1 cohort (25 learners)
  • Outcome report + stakeholder dashboard
  • Fast deployment with templates

Expand — Program

  • Annual cohorts
  • Add SOC / AppSec / Cloud / IR paths
  • Private tenant + integrations

Scale — Channel

  • Training partners / integrators
  • Workforce boards & education networks
  • Public-sector procurement

AppSecCL community → pilot recruitment → repeatable programs.

Next step

Get the full picture

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Measurable outcomes, audit-ready evidence and a repeatable deployment playbook.