Profile banner
Taha Biyikli

Taha Biyikli

Co-founder of Alkonos and offensive security researcher

San Francisco, California
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Joined January 2025

Network

2.3K connections
🚀
Startup Founders
🤖
AI/ML Engineers Researchers
🛠️
Security Product Engineering
💰
Venture Capital Investors
🎓
Carnegie Mellon Network
🔒
Cybersecurity Researchers
🛂
Immigrat

Summary

Taha Biyikli is an accomplished offensive security researcher with a proven track record of identifying and disclosing vulnerabilities to major organizations, including Apple, Nvidia, BBC, Department of Defense, Stanford, and AT&T. His expertise extends to bug bounty programs, having worked as an Offensive Security Researcher at HackerOne. tahabiyikli+1
As the Co-Founder and CEO of Alkonos, a stealth startup, Taha is pioneering AI solutions for complex vulnerability detection. His work involves training reinforcement learning agents to discover logic-based vulnerabilities in black-box settings, as evidenced by his upcoming talk at Security BSides Las Vegas 2025. pretalx+1
Currently pursuing a Computer Science degree at Carnegie Mellon University, Taha specializes in computer security. He is an active member of CMU's hacking team, PPP, where he focuses on web and embedded systems, and has participated in prestigious competitions like MITRE's Embedded CTF. tahabiyikli+1
Taha's skills are deeply rooted in practical experience, gained through Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions and reverse-engineering. He is particularly interested in developing robust fuzzers with effective oracles to minimize false positive rates in vulnerability detection. tahabiyikli

Work

Education

Projects

Hobbies

Enjoys watching films and posts short reviews on Letterboxd. tahabiyikli+1

Plays chess on Chess.com, with a significant difference between his bullet and blitz ratings. tahabiyikli+1

Traveled solo across 14 countries in Europe during a gap year after high school, often coding while on trains. tahabiyikli