Patrick O'Shaughnessy

2017, maybe.

2017.

The beginning chapter of the business, call it 2017 to 2020 or so, was a struggle to stay alive.

And you personally...

put so much of your time, your reputation on the line to go do this thing.

You left a really lucrative, successful hedge fund career to do it.

Maybe you can just tell the story of those early years and what was going on.

Again, I want to paint the story of 100 million ARR is awesome.

Congratulations.

That's really fantastic.

I'm very happy as an investor, but the more interesting part of this is what it takes to get there.

So maybe set the stage for us.

Customer trust can make or break your business.

And the more your business grows, the more complex your security and compliance tools get.

It can turn into chaos, and chaos isn't a security strategy.

That's where Vanta comes in.

Think of Vanta as your always-on AI-powered security expert who scales with you.

Vanta automates compliance, continuously monitors your controls, and gives you a single source of truth for compliance and risk.

So whether you're a fast-growing startup like Cursor or an enterprise like Snowflake, Vanta fits easily into your existing workflows.

So you can keep growing a company your customers can trust.