Vibe Coding Changed Something in Me

TL;DR: Backslash is announcing today its Series A funding. Here is how our magical story unfolded.

Usually, technology evolves like a polite sequence. The iPhone 16 becomes the iPhone 17. Windows 10 becomes Windows 11. It’s more pixels, more speed, slightly longer battery life. And then, there are those rare singular moments where technology doesn’t feel like engineering anymore. It feels like magic.

It’s the kind of magic that makes you forget everything you know about how things work—the same irrational awe I feel watching a giant metal tube lift into the sky and casually climb above the clouds. Logic tells me the physics make sense, but my inner five-year-old sees wizardry.

For me, "Vibe Coding" is the first time in decades that I’ve had that feeling in software. After years of leading engineering teams at SAP, shipping products, and living through every "this will change everything" wave, I can tell you: this one actually did.

For someone who’s spent years learning programming languages and writing code, there’s something deeply surreal about writing a four-line prompt in plain English and watching a fully functional app appear without ever looking at the code. Or—the moment that really broke my brain—telling a tool to fix a bug it just created, watching it fix it, and then receiving an apology from the machine.

This isn't just about "developer productivity." It is the end of traditional software development as we know it.

Now I’m a Believer

I’ll admit, I was very skeptical at first. When industry leaders suggested that AI was already writing the majority of code, I rolled my eyes. When Cursor became the fastest software company ever to reach $100M in ARR, I took notice but was still doubtful. When Gartner predicted that by 2028, 40% of new enterprise software would be created via vibe coding, it felt more solid, but distant.

The turning point for me was personal. My younger brother, a backend developer and a pragmatist, was a vocal critic just months ago. He called these tools "immature" and "for juniors." Today? He won’t build a single feature or fix a bug without Cursor or Claude Code. When the skeptics and the "code-purists" move this fast, you know the shift is permanent.

Which brings me to two lessons that have stayed with me throughout my career:

Cars have brakes so they can go faster.
Sometimes, hitting the accelerator is better than hitting the brake.

In a world where your thoughts translate to English, and English translates to working software in minutes, you are going to need Formula 1-style brakes to drive safely. Because while the innovation is magical, the risks are real—and they are moving just as fast as the prompts.

That isn't to say that security is about hitting the brakes. It shouldn’t be. We want security to enable the organization to accelerate. But the knowledge that you have good brakes allows you to accelerate with confidence, and, as lesson #2 says, sometimes going faster is the right move to make (especially if your competitors are outpacing you).

When my co-founder Yossi Pik and I started Backslash Security, the smoke was already there. We felt the abstraction growing. But now, we are seeing a whole new ecosystem of "beasts": vibe coding agents, MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, Skills, and LLMs interacting with an automation level that leaves traditional security in the rearview mirror.

History is repeating itself. I saw it with cloud computing and with my journey at Aqua Security. Security teams go through the stages of grief—from denying that the team is using the new tech, to the "Depression" of being hit by an unknown prompt-poisoning attack, to finally "Acceptance."

That is why I am so proud to announce that Backslash has secured $19 million in Series A funding, led by KOMPAS VC and Maniv. We are also incredibly fortunate to welcome Ron Zoran, former CRO of CyberArk, to our Board. As an early investor who is now deepening my involvement, I’ve seen this team’s laser focus on this fast-moving market.

We are just at the beginning of this amazing journey. We have the team, the market fit, and now the fuel to ensure that 2026 is the breakout year for securing the vibe.

Vibe Safely.