🏆 Our Key Achievements
4th Place Finish
Secured 4th position among 7 elite finalist teams in DARPA's most challenging AI cybersecurity competition.
28 Vulnerabilities
Discovered 28 vulnerabilities in real-world projects that cause crashes, including six zero-days.
Java Expertise
Earned "Fresh from the Coffee Pot" and "Espresso Oligarch" badges for finding the most Java POVs and first bloods.
Lightning Fast
Achieved "Faster than pizza delivery" by scoring in less than 5 minutes on multiple challenges.
CWE Coverage
Demonstrated "Bug Panoply" and "Cornucopia" by submitting POVs spanning 10+ different CWE categories.
Giant Slayer
Successfully scored on repositories with over 5 million lines of code, proving scalability.
📊 Competition Performance Breakdown
🎖️ Special Recognition Badges
Faster than pizza delivery
Scored in less than 5 minutes on multiple challenges, demonstrating the speed of our automated system.
Fresh from the Coffee Pot
Found the most POVs in Java challenges for vulnerabilities that were not artificially inserted by organizers.
Espresso Oligarch
Achieved the most First Bloods in Java challenges, showcasing our Java expertise.
Giant Slayer
Successfully scored on repositories with over 5 million lines of code, proving our system's scalability.
Raiders of the Lost POV
Found POVs that triggered vulnerabilities not artificially inserted into the challenge - real zero-days!
SARIF Mastery
Achieved over 80% SARIF accuracy, demonstrating superior vulnerability report validation.
LLM Q&A Champion
Made over 100,000 LLM requests in the final round, showcasing our AI-powered approach.
🔬 What Made Us Different
🧠 LLM-First Approach
While other teams relied heavily on traditional fuzzing, we pioneered an LLM-powered methodology with 23 distinct strategies. Our system made over 100,000 LLM requests in the final round, demonstrating unprecedented AI integration in cybersecurity.
☕ Java Specialization
Our deep focus on Java vulnerabilities paid off massively. We dominated the Java category, earning both "Fresh from the Coffee Pot" and "Espresso Oligarch" badges for finding the most Java POVs and first bloods.
⚡ Speed & Accuracy
Our automated system consistently delivered results in under 5 minutes, earning the "Faster than pizza delivery" achievement while maintaining high accuracy with 80%+ SARIF validation rates.
💡 Key Lessons Learned
🤖 AI Integration is Key
Our 100k+ LLM requests weren't just about volume - they represented a fundamentally different approach to vulnerability discovery that will likely define the future of cybersecurity.
⚡ Speed Matters
In competitive environments, being first to find and validate vulnerabilities provides significant advantages. Our sub-5-minute response times were crucial to our success.
🔍 Real Bugs Are Gold
Finding actual vulnerabilities in production code, not just competition artifacts, demonstrated the real-world applicability of our approach.
🚀 What's Next
Our 4th place finish in DARPA's AIxCC is just the beginning. The techniques we developed, the badges we earned, and the real vulnerabilities we discovered all point to a future where AI-powered security analysis becomes the norm.
🔗 Explore Our Work
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