Alex Polyakov

Alex Polyakov is the co-founder and CEO of Adversa AI, a pioneering startup in AI red teaming and agentic AI security. With over 20 years in cybersecurity, Alex began as a researcher uncovering over 300 zero-day vulnerabilities and evolved into a serial entrepreneur and trusted AI evangelist. As a Forbes Technology Council member, co-lead of the Agentic AI Security workstream at the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI), and co-chair of the IEEE subcommittee for "Cyber Security for Next Generation Connectivity Systems," he shapes the future of secure AI and emerging technologies. Alex has spoken at over 100 global conferences, authored two books, and developed the first massive open online course on AI security. His team at Adversa AI has exposed critical vulnerabilities in models like xAI’s Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, and DeepSeek, reinforcing the need for robust AI defenses. Through his work, Alex is dedicated to building trust in AI by protecting it from cyber threats, privacy issues, and safety incidents, ensuring a safer technological future.