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Public story · 2026-08-24 · source-backed
The contention is that incentives in agentic security point toward offense, constraining incumbent vendors while fueling new entrants over the long run. (Stratechery) Most enterprise agent-security pitches this month have been defensive tooling sold by established players. If the asymmetry is real, buying agent security from an incumbent is buying the slower side.
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