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Assaf Hefetz

Founder

Assaf Hefetz is listed as a founder of Snyk on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.

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Quick Facts

  • Role Founder
  • Company Snyk
  • Country United States
  • Industry AI in Cybersecurity
  • Founded 2015
  • Known For Snyk is one of the clearest examples of a developer-security vendor pivoting its entire product identity…
  • Status Active
  • Last Reviewed Aug 2026

Executive Summary

Assaf Hefetz is listed as a founder of Snyk on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.

Career Timeline

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  1. 2015 Company founded

    Snyk was founded in 2015 per the company profile source on file.

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  2. 2015 Development

    2015: Guy Podjarny, Assaf Hefetz, and Danny Grander found Snyk out of London and Tel Aviv, later headquartering the company in Boston.

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  3. 2019 Leadership

    July 2019: Podjarny steps down as CEO; board member Peter McKay is named his successor.

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  4. 2020 Acquisition

    September 2020: Snyk acquires DeepCode, an AI-powered static analysis engine that becomes the basis for Snyk Code.

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  5. 2024 Development

    2024: Snyk says it surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue, with Snyk Code alone contributing more than $100 million in ARR.

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  6. 2025 Acquisition

    June 2025: Snyk acquires Invariant Labs, an AI security research firm, to add agentic AI threat modeling, MCP vulnerability research, and runtime detection for autonomous agents.

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  7. 2026 Leadership

    July 2026: Snyk names Ken MacAskill interim CEO while its board, chaired by co-founder Guy Podjarny, searches for a permanent chief executive with deep AI expertise.

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Assaf Hefetz is listed as a founder of Snyk on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.

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