That’s a wrap: Mend.io at Black Hat USA 2026
Brief
Another Black Hat USA is in the books, and what a week it was. From a main stage keynote at the AI Summit to candid podcast conversations, a video interview with Cyber Defense Magazine , and a booth game that just wouldn’t quit, Mend.
io showed up in Las Vegas ready to talk about the question every security leader is wrestling with right now: as AI reshapes both the software we ship and the systems we have to defend, who do we trust to verify that it’s safe?
Here’s a full recap of everything Mend.io got up to on the show floor and beyond.
Tuesday, August 4: Taking the main stage at the AI Summit
We kicked things off with a main stage keynote at the Black Hat AI Summit, where Asaf Saar, EVP and Chief Product Officer of Mend.io, presented “The verification layer: Why AI security can’t be left to AI.”