The new cybersecurity pioneers aren’t chasing alerts, they’re building with AI. But what happens when tools meant to assist begin making decisions for us? And what skills do we lose when machines fill the gaps we used to grow into?

In this episode, Chris Cochran, CEO and Founder of Commandant, returns to Hacker Valley Studio with an insider view on building in the AI boom. He shares why he’s betting on incident response over the “AI SOC,” what it means to use AI with integrity, and how this moment mirrors the early industrial revolutions: chaotic, risky, but ripe with once-in-a-career opportunity.

Impactful Moments:

00:00 – Introduction

02:11 – Launch of Commandant AI

03:06 – Early-stage LLM opportunities

05:26 – Built first AI co-pilot in 4 hours

06:00 – AI bot tops HackerOne leaderboard

07:44 – AI used for and against orgs

10:14 – Focus on incident response, not AI SOC

12:34 – Reducing cost of prolonged incidents

14:01 – Cybersecurity changing every 2 months

16:58 – AI causing rapid skill loss

21:59 – AI-assisted job interviews detected

24:49 – AI lacks business context for blocking

27:30 – Daily AI use pays long-term dividends

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