CEO & Co-Founder, Hunters
Search every verified Uri May interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Uri May, CEO and co-founder of Hunters, has been discussing the company's approach to security operations, emphasizing its use of Snowflake for data integration and its knowledge graph technology for threat detection. In a 2022 interview, May stated that Hunters gives customers "the ability to seamlessly integrate as much data as possible," and described Snowflake as "a really important facilitator" for this capability. He has also highlighted the company's "security engineering as a service" model, which provides pre-built detections and automatic investigation playbooks, and the use of a knowledge graph to automatically correlate signals into what the company calls "attack stories." May has noted that Hunters aims to address what he described as a "massive talent shortage in cybersecurity" by automating detection and response, allowing security teams to focus on threats unique to their environment. May has also discussed his background, including his service in the Israeli Air Force, where he was tasked with creating a curriculum focused on "using cyber for kinetic effects," which he said "started my journey" in cyber defense. He has described Hunters' goal as building a "reliable, scalable security platform that organizations can depend on long-term," and noted that the company raised about $60 million in Series C funding in 2022 to support growth and partnerships.
“At the end of my career the Air Force tasked me with about 35 other officers and then a mix of enlisted cadre to go down to Buxy, Mississippi and create a whole new curriculum that was focused on using cyber for kinetic effects.”
“We transformed the original training into more of a focus on cyber warfare and cyber defense, and that kind of started my journey in that aspect of my career.”
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“If I am an established musician I have a gig, I sold my tickets through Eventbrite or something else or maybe TicketMaster — whoever owns the venue — I put up your QR code and they're able to order from that QR code merch or other items.”
“The biggest thing for us was the understanding that significant things have happened in the cybersecurity landscape for customers and technology stayed the same. We saw that the problem has changed significantly, especially with the types of attacks and the explosion of the security stack.”
“Back in 2018, we saw that the SIEM market was prime for disruption, and in just four years, we've achieved significant milestones, including building a global team and attracting major enterprise customers willing to rip and replace existing solutions.”
“Our approach is different because we believe data should be completely liberated from the analytical layer, which is why we store data in a dedicated data warehouse like Snowflake, giving customers control over their data and reducing vendor lock-in.”
“Hunters provides a system, a SOC platform, already populated with use cases, allowing security teams to focus on the 20% of threats that are unique to their environment, while we handle the shared 80%.”
“Our system leverages unique graph technology and automatic investigation enrichments, enabling us to automatically correlate signals from various sources like AWS, endpoint, email, and network environments into incident representations called stones.”
“The biggest challenges for SOC teams are the data overload, the complexity of tuning tools, and the talent shortage. Hunters aims to offset these issues by automating detection and response, allowing teams to focus on high-impact threats.”
“One of the key benefits of Hunters is the ability to analyze massive data sets, like raw endpoint data that can reach 20 terabytes a day, which traditional SIEMs struggle to support due to cost and performance constraints.”
“Our solution has already helped customers like booking.com stay up to date with threats, enabling them to detect recent threats quickly and effectively, which is critical for their security posture.”
“In 2022, Hunters raised about $60 million in Series C funding, which supports our growth, infrastructure, and expanding our strategic partnerships with companies like Deutsche Telekom and DataBlitz, validating our market position.”
“Our goal is to build something big and disruptive, providing a reliable, scalable security platform that organizations can depend on long-term, not just a quick exit typical of startups.”
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