Boilerplate
SQUR is a German cybersecurity company building autonomous AI penetration testing for European small and mid-size enterprises. The company delivers compliance-ready security assessments in 24 hours at a fixed €1,995, and ships a free 60-second attack-surface scanner that converts discovered targets into full pentest engagements. SQUR was founded in 2025 in Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, by Adam Lundqvist, former Director of Engineering at Cobalt (PtaaS), and is a research partner of KASTEL Labs at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). On an independent pentest benchmark, SQUR matches a top human pentester, autonomously and in 24 hours.
Quick facts
Founded
February 2025
Headquarters
Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Stage
Post-launch, early revenue
Funding
€200k pre-seed (Q4 2025)
Traction
100+ signups, 200+ vulnerabilities found
Research partner
KASTEL Labs at KIT
Founder & team
Adam Lundqvist, Founder & CEO
Sole founder and Geschäftsführer (CEO/CTO). Former Director of Engineering at Cobalt, the pioneer of pentesting-as-a-service. Leads technical direction, product vision, and the AI architecture behind SQUR's autonomous testing pipeline.
Jan Oldörp, Engineering
12 years software development, 10 years infrastructure, 3 years security (operational technology in critical infrastructure, security training).
Advisors
- Dr. Gustavo Sanchez, Research Advisor. PhD in offensive security and AI (KIT Karlsruhe); AI Trust Expert Consultant at Nemko Digital
- Mattias Lindström, Technology Advisor, Serial Entrepreneur (KTH Stockholm, Stanford)
Logos
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Brand palette
Primary cyan + teal + rose accent on dark-first background. Full token set in our design system reference.
Cyan
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Teal
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Rose
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Deep
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Coverage so far
Hand-picked references and partner mentions:
- ATHENE Startup Award UP26@it-sa: SQUR is one of five finalists; the final is a live pitch on 28 October 2026 at it-sa in Nuremberg. Covered by <kes> Informationssicherheit and Security-Insider (August 2026).
- SQUR beats humans on the independent pentest benchmark: level with the top reported human score, autonomously (January 2026).
- KASTEL Labs at KIT: research collaboration on autonomous-pentest evaluation methodology.
Contact
For press inquiries, interview requests, or co-marketing opportunities, write to press@squr.ai. We aim to respond within one business day.
For partnership inquiries, see our partners page.
For security disclosures, see our security policy.