Trusted by leading protocols

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//The Problem

Security can't keep up.

$2B+

drained from smart contract exploits in 2024

$130B+

in DeFi TVL exposed today

$75–250K

per audit, weeks of waiting, still not enough capacity

The audit market has grown 8x since 2020 and still can't keep pace. Manual review doesn't scale to the speed of crypto — and every protocol shipping today is competing for the same backlog of overworked auditors.

//Track Record

Proven in the arena.

7
Top-10 Finishes

Including two 1st-place finishes in public audit contests

100+
Audit Findings

Confirmed contest findings across live protocols

T25
HackenProof Ranking

All-time leaderboard, multiple paid bounty reports

//Team

Built by researchers who've found these bugs by hand.

Two founders, both Lead Security Researchers at Certora and Spearbit, both alumni of Trail of Bits. The patterns they spent years finding by hand are embedded into how Zero Cool's agents reason today.

Richie Humphrey

GitHub@devtooligan

Co-founder, Research Lead

Trail of BitsSpearbitCertoraOffbeat Security

Kurt Willis

GitHub

Co-founder, Technical Lead

Trail of BitsSpearbitCertoraFraunhofer ML
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I'm genuinely shocked by the depth of the findings from Zero Cool. We've reached a point of no return where AI audit quality is indistinguishable from a human-made one.

Artem Chystiakov Blockstream
//More Voices

It's clear you are building a very powerful tool that put in the wrong hands can be devastating for crypto.

PandaSecurity Researcher

Zero Cool helps us ship safe code faster & cheaper. Their detection is scary good.

@CupojosephNerite

Zero Cool strikes again...it's very, very good.

CornYearn Finance

Wow all I can say is I am thoroughly impressed by what you guys have been able to accomplish. This is by far the most advanced tool for cybersecurity I have ever come across!

Mark JonathasSecurity Researcher
//How It Works

Configure. Run. Verify. Iterate.

Zero Cool fits into your security workflow before deployments and alongside manual audits. Run it once or run it repeatedly as your codebase evolves. Each cycle gets sharper.

01

Configure

Define your scope, architecture, and threat model. Agents are tailored to your protocol's specific codebase and risk profile, not running generic checks.

02

Run

Deploy autonomous agents across your smart contracts, infrastructure, and supporting code. They analyze component interactions, not just isolated functions.

03

Verify

Every finding passes through multi-stage verification. Each confirmed vulnerability ships with a proof of concept. What reaches your team is actionable.

04

Iterate

Rerun as your code changes. Each cycle incorporates what was learned before, making detection more relevant to your protocol's architecture over time.

//Features

What makes the difference.

MOD: 01

Catch what manual review misses

Zero Cool's agents reason across components, trace cross-contract interactions, and surface context-dependent vulnerabilities that static tools — and often manual review — never see. The hardest bugs live in interactions; this is where Zero Cool wins.

MOD: 02

Every finding ships with a working proof of concept

Confirmed vulnerabilities only. Every finding passes multi-stage verification and arrives with a working PoC, so your developers triage real exploits, not theoretical edge cases.

MOD: 03

Coverage that matches your attack surface

Smart contracts, blockchain infrastructure, supporting code — language-agnostic, chain-agnostic. Security coverage that fits your real attack surface, not just the parts that are easy to scan.

MOD: 04

Proven against the best human auditors

Zero Cool's track record comes from open audit contests and bug bounty programs, head-to-head with the top researchers in the field. Public, adversarial, verifiable — not curated demos or cherry-picked metrics.

//Engagement Models

How teams use Zero Cool.

Three modes, depending on where your protocol is. Pick one to start; most teams use Zero Cool in more than one mode over a deployment lifecycle.

MODE 01

Pre-deployment

Before mainnet, when you need exploit-grade coverage on a frozen codebase.

Delivered
  • Tailored agent configuration to your codebase and threat model
  • Autonomous review across components, contracts, and supporting code
  • Multi-stage verification on every finding
  • Working proofs of concept and a delivered report
TimelineDays, not weeks.
MODE 02

Continuous coverage

When your code is moving and you need security to keep up.

Delivered
  • Re-runs triggered on every code change
  • Agents retain context across runs, so each iteration sharpens
  • Continuous flow of verified findings, not one-shot reports
  • Direct integration with your existing review workflow
TimelineHours per cycle.
MODE 03

Alongside manual audit

When senior researchers are already engaged and you want a second opinion.

Delivered
  • Independent verification path running in parallel
  • Widens coverage across components manual review may have skipped
  • Catches context-dependent bugs that pass code review
  • Findings cross-referenced with the manual audit team
TimelineParallel to your audit window.
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