San Jose’s MetaGuard AI launches AI ‘attackers’ and ‘defenders’ that drill small businesses’ cyber defenses
The Quantum Ventura spin-off prices its new simulation tool from $4,999 a year and a code checker from $3,999.
MetaGuard AI, a spin-off of San Jose defense technology company Quantum Ventura, on Nov. 2 launched two AI security products aimed at small and mid-size businesses, according to a company press release.
The first, Vanguard, runs practice cyberattacks. Companies have long hired “red teams” of human hackers to attack their systems while a “blue team” defends. Vanguard uses AI agents, software that can plan and act on its own, for both sides. They fight inside isolated, throwaway virtual computers built to mimic the customer’s network, not on live systems, and Vanguard scores how well the defenses held. Prices start at $4,999 a year.
The second, CodeLens, from $3,999 a year, has AI agents comb software code for security holes while other agents double-check each finding to cut false alarms. It then suggests fixes. Both products work with Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s GPT or AI models run on a customer’s own computers.
In a test reported by Quantum Ventura, Vanguard’s defenders shut down a password-guessing attack in under a minute. Quantum Ventura does research for the Energy Department, Air Force, Navy and NASA, the release says. Tokyo’s LK Partners will sell the products in Japan and Asia.
Source: MetaGuard AI press release, PR Newswire, Nov. 2, 2026