The speed at which AI is reshaping vulnerability management is head-spinning, notes Averlon CEO Sunil Gottumukkala. Fair or not DevOps, must bear the consequences of code penned by AI. And acknowledging a tough market, neobank Monzo bows out of the U.S. after just four years.
Q&A: Averlon CEO and Co-founder Sunil Gottumukkala Discusses How Speed Is Reshaping Vulnerability Management
As AI becomes more embedded in software development and security operations, organizations must handle exponential code generation, faster exploitation timelines, and increasing pressure to move from detection to remediation. Tech-Channels spoke with Averlon CEO and Co-founder Sunil Gottumukkala and Rajeev Raghunarayan, head of marketing, about how AI is reshaping vulnerability management, why remediation is becoming critical, and how goal-driven AI systems are introducing new risks that organizations are only beginning to understand.
Nvidia Resets the Quantum Computing Timeline with Open Source Quantum AI Models
Nvidia's launch of Ising, its family of open-source AI models designed to accelerate the development of useful, fault-tolerant quantum computers, is highly significant because it is widely considered the world’s first open-source AI model family specifically designed for quantum computing projects.
The launch promises to redefine the quantum computing timeline by providing a software ecosystem that researchers and enterprises can start building against now with the help of open models, benchmarks, workflows, and agentic tooling that quantum teams can adapt while keeping proprietary hardware data on-site.
AI Writes the Code but DevOps Still Owns the Consequences
For all the automation and efficiency AI brings to DevOps, 43% of AI-generated code still requires manual debugging in live environments. This doesn’t reveal so much a failure of AI, but a mismatch between how quickly code can be created and how deeply it can be understood. That might come as a bit of a revelation since AI has made writing code feel almost effortless, turning prompts into functions and ideas into deployments, with what once took days now happening in hours. It creates a sense that engineering has finally broken through its biggest constraint. At first glance, that looks like progress in its purest form. But production tells a more complicated story with Lightrun’s latest report highlighting the much-needed manual aspect.
Cyber Conflict Passes from Systems to Psychological Leverage
Within hours after the pro-Iran group known as Handala released a cache of emails that it claimed belonged to FBI Director Kash Patel, analysts and online investigators had already begun mapping Patel’s broader digital footprint using those fragments. The material itself, which reportedly was dated between 2010 and 2019, appeared relatively mundane, including travel receipts and personal photos, but it demonstrated that cyber conflict no longer stops at systems, networks, or stolen data. Its reach now extends much deeper, into the private lives of officials, employees, and the people around them. Earlier that same week, the same group had claimed to leak data tied to employees of Lockheed Martin in the U.S. and Israel, alongside assertions that it had contacted workers directly, referencing personal details about their families and locations. Some of those claims remain unverified, and Lockheed Martin responded by stating it remained “confident in the integrity of our robust, multi-layered information systems.” Still, the intent behind the operation was unmistakable.
Monzo Exits the US, Redrawing the Neobank Expansion Playbook
UK-headquartered neobank Monzo, known for its sleek app, said this spring that it is shutting down its US operation after a little over four years serving around 150,000 customers in the country. Having tried the partner-bank and charter paths for years, Monzo ultimately concluded that remaining in the US market came with too many structural constraints. Instead, it decided to redeploy its efforts where licensing provides more leverage.
The closure of its US operations means that Monzo is also laying off around 50 employees in the US, while closing its services to new customers. Existing US customers will have access to the app only until June.