Equixly scales European operations to modernise penetration testing applications and APIs
London, UK. February 5th, 2026 - Equixly, the agentic AI-powered offensive security platform for modern applications and APIs, today announced significant investment in its go-to-market organization as it accelerates expansion across the UK and Europe following its Series A funding.
The move reflects growing demand for a new approach to offensive security, as enterprises struggle to secure fast-changing applications and APIs with periodic, point-in-time testing models.
“Our Series A marked the start of our scale phase,” said Mattia Dalla Piazza, Co-Founder and CEO of Equixly. “We’re investing deliberately in go-to-market expertise, hiring leaders with deep cybersecurity backgrounds to help accelerate our expansion across the UK and Europe. These hires strengthen our ability to execute on our mission to make offensive security continuous, autonomous, and intelligent, empowering every organization to meet AI-powered attackers with AI of their own.”
As part of the expansion, Equixly has appointed Stephen Schouten as Regional Sales Director for the UK and Northern Europe, reflecting the company’s focus on building senior, enterprise-grade leadership in one of its most strategic markets. Schouten brings extensive experience scaling developer and security-led businesses, having previously held senior roles at Snyk and BeyondTrust.
“Enterprises are under enormous pressure to innovate through APIs and modern applications, but penetration testing hasn’t kept pace,” said Stephen Schouten, Regional Sales Director at Equixly. “Attackers operate continuously and use automation and AI, while most organizations still test periodically. Equixly enables a proactive shift, continuously attacking applications and APIs the way real adversaries do. That’s a meaningful step forward for the industry, and I’m excited to help bring this approach to enterprises across the UK and Northern Europe.”
To support enterprise adoption, Paul Harland, formerly of Snyk, joins as Solutions Engineer, helping customers operationalize continuous offensive security across complex API and application environments. Stephen McCafferty, formerly of Cymulate, joins the business development team.
In parallel, Equixly has made its first marketing leadership hire, appointing Gavin Sutton to lead global marketing and category development, reflecting Equixly’s focus on defining and scaling a new security category.
“Security investment has long been driven by reaction,” said Gavin Sutton, Head of Marketing at Equixly. “Leaders often ask, ‘Has this happened to us?’ because known incidents are easier to justify than unseen risk. Our role is to help shift that mindset from reacting after breaches to continuously exposing real, exploitable risk before attackers do.”
Equixly was founded to close that gap by enabling organizations to move from scheduled assessments to continuous offensive security. Its platform is already trusted by leading European banks, insurers, and payment providers and uses an autonomous Agentic AI Hacker to actively attack applications and APIs like a real adversary.
The company will be meeting customers, partners, and media at TechEx, as it continues to expand its presence across the UK and Europe.
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Mattia's fascination with cybersecurity began in the early 2000s during his school days when he discovered vulnerabilities in school systems. With over 15 years in the Information Technology domain, he has built a notable career that includes leadership roles, such as heading a System Engineering Centre of Excellence for UniCredit Bank and being an International IT Manager at IBM. Mattia's expertise also extended to a NASDAQ-listed company, where he oversaw the management of its data centers as a System Engineer. Mattia is well-known for his ability in information network design, security, and infrastructure architecture. His robust problem-solving skills and forward-thinking vision underscore his commitment to enhancing service efficiency and fortifying his clients' security posture.