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§ Certius Labs Founded 2026

Building the risk layer
for the AI agent economy.

Amsterdam operations. Delaware incorporation. A small team combining security red-teaming and insurance underwriting — two disciplines that haven't been combined before.
About

We're building the risk layer
for the AI agent economy.

The next decade of enterprise software will be defined by AI agents — autonomous systems that send emails, call APIs, modify data, move money. The productivity gains are enormous. So is the risk. And the infrastructure to quantify, price, and insure that risk doesn't exist yet.

That's what we're building. Certius Labs audits AI agents with adversarial testing, produces a quantified risk score, and offers insurance coverage priced on empirical results. One platform. Full cycle. Enterprise-grade.

Our approach combines two disciplines that haven't been combined before: security red-teaming and insurance underwriting. We stress-test AI agents like we'd stress-test a production system, then price the residual risk like an actuary. Neither alone is enough. Together, they produce something the market has been missing — insurability.

What we believe
01 · Empirical over declarative
Evidence, not ceremony.
Questionnaires are ceremonies. Attack scenarios are evidence. We measure what an AI agent actually does under pressure, not what its operators claim about it.
02 · Standards over proprietary
We don't invent competing criteria.
The industry has enough risk frameworks already. We align with MITRE ATLAS, OWASP, NIST, and ISO — the ones regulators and auditors already accept.
03 · Transparent over opaque
Your score comes with the audit trail.
You see which tests succeeded, which failed, and why. No black boxes. No proprietary magic we can't explain.
OPERATIONS
Amsterdam, NL
Proximity to EU AI Office (Brussels) and Lloyd's (London).
INCORPORATION
Delaware, USA
Certius Labs, Inc. · C-corp.
FOUNDED
2026
Pre-seed · actively raising.
Founder

Built by someone who's spent
15 years breaking systems.

FOUNDER & CEO
Andrew Kulikov

Andrew founded Certius Labs after nearly a decade building and exiting Social Links, a global OSINT platform used by government agencies, law enforcement, and Fortune 500 companies in 80+ countries. The core of that business was security assessment at scale — finding things in systems that weren't supposed to be found. After a successful exit in 2025, he started Anysite, an API-first data infrastructure platform serving 2,500+ users building AI agents.

Working on both sides of the AI agent economy — the infrastructure that agents use, and the security testing that finds their weaknesses — made the risk layer's absence obvious. Enterprises were deploying AI agents at unprecedented pace. Nobody was stress-testing them before they went live. Insurers had no data to price coverage. Regulators were arriving with mandates but no certification infrastructure. Certius Labs exists to fill that gap.

Previous
2014 → 2025
Social Links · Co-founder, CEO
Global OSINT platform. Customers in 80+ countries including government, law enforcement, Fortune 500. Successful exit in 2025.
2025 → NOW
Anysite · Co-founder, CEO
API infrastructure for AI agents. 2,500+ users, 100+ endpoints.
Education
  • MSc, Business Economics · HSE (Higher School of Economics)
  • MSc, Engineering · MIREA
Writing
Careers Hiring

We're hiring.

Small team. Fully remote with quarterly on-sites in Amsterdam. Serious mission, high ownership, real equity. Below is the role that defines the next 12 months for Certius Labs.

Featured role Co-founder equity
Co-founder & Head of Insurance
Full-time · Co-founder equity · Amsterdam, London, or remote with EU time-zone overlap

About the role

You'll lead the insurance side of Certius Labs end-to-end. Underwriting methodology, carrier partnerships, MGA or coverholder structure, claims workflow, product expansion into new coverage lines. You'll be a co-founder — not an employee — with co-founder equity and meaningful input on company direction.

Ideal background (one or more of)

  • 7–15 years in specialty insurance — cyber, tech E&O, professional liability — as underwriter, product lead, or business head
  • Experience launching new insurance products at a carrier, MGA, or insurtech (bonus: at Lloyd's or with Lloyd's syndicates)
  • Actuarial credentials (FIA, FCAS, or equivalent) welcome but not required
  • Consulting background in insurance (ex-McKinsey / BCG / Bain insurance practice, Big 4 risk)
  • Comfort working with engineering teams and technical products

Why this role

The AI insurance market is forming in real time. Most new insurtechs bolt insurance on after building tech. We're building the tech that makes AI insurance possible. The co-founder who runs this side will help shape a category — not optimize an existing one.

Compensation

  • Co-founder equity (meaningful, not symbolic)
  • Market salary at seed-stage rate
  • Full benefits (EU or US depending on location)

To apply

Email andrew@certiuslabs.com with your background. No resume required — a paragraph about why this matters to you works better.

Email Andrew
Other roles Direction

Not yet actively hiring — but indicate where the team grows next. Strong candidates are welcome to reach out early.

ENGINEERING
Senior AI Security Engineer
Red-teaming engine development · MITRE ATLAS-aligned attack scenario library.
RESEARCH
ML Risk Researcher
Scoring methodology · adversarial robustness research.
GO-TO-MARKET
Founding GTM
Enterprise sales to CISO / CRO / Head of AI buyer personas.
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Contact

Get in touch.

For enterprises
Want to see Certius Labs in action? Request a demo.
Request a demo
For insurance partners
Carrier, reinsurer, broker, MGA — we're actively building partnerships.
partner@certiuslabs.com
For press & investors
Media inquiries, investor meetings, speaking requests.
andrew@certiuslabs.com
PHYSICAL ADDRESS
Certius Labs
Amsterdam
Netherlands
LEGAL ENTITY
Certius Labs, Inc.
Delaware, USA · C-corp
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See your agent's
real risk score.

15-minute call. Live audit walkthrough. Sample report.