{"podcast":{"title":"The Good Tech Companies","slug":"the-good-tech-companies-6882802","podcast_index_feed_id":6882802,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-good-tech-companies","website_url":"https://hackernoon.com/tagged/good-company","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/X23h0VTY2caNa7VFhjEOIIx9mhUyM13ZaqyG6noHnYw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMTNl/MjgwMmI0ZmEzNThj/YmJiOWNiN2UyZmRm/MzY3My5qcGVn.jpg","author":"HackerNoon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Distributing the announcements and blogs posts by the the top software, crypto, ai, futurism and technology companies. An audio story feed by HackerNoon.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T22:19:00.701883+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-tech-companies-6882802"},"episode":{"title":"CertiK Launches Invite Only Hunt Platform for Elite Security Researchers","slug":"certik-launches-invite-only-hunt-platform-for-elite-security-researchers","published_at":"2026-07-02T13:44:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-tech-companies-6882802/certik-launches-invite-only-hunt-platform-for-elite-security-researchers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-tech-companies-6882802","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/1ea5e48b","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/1ea5e48b/87d70b19.mp3","summary":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/certik-launches-invite-only-hunt-platform-for-elite-security-researchers . CertiK Launches Invite Only Bug Bounty Platform Hunt, where vetted security researchers run bug bounty programs, audit competitions & AI security challenges. Check more stories related to undefined at: https://hackernoon.com/c/undefined . You can also check exclusive content about #certik , #cybersecurity , #ai-and-ml , #smart-contracts , #software-engineering , #cybersecurity-skills , #technology , #good-company , and more. This story was written by: @ishanpandey . Learn more about this writer by checking @ishanpandey's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . CertiK, the Web3 security firm backed by Sequoia, Coatue and Goldman Sachs at a $2 billion valuation, launched CertiK Hunt on July 1, 2026, an invite-only platform where vetted security researchers run bug bounty programs, audit competitions and AI security challenges for Web3 projects. Both researchers and projects are screened before joining, a structure CertiK says addresses the disputes and delayed payouts that plague open bug bounty programs. The launch lands in a market Immunefi has dominated since 2020, with more than $110 million paid to 45,000-plus researchers across 650-plus programs, and one where an invite-only track, along with rivals like Sherlock, Cantina and HackenProof, already exists. It also arrives two years after CertiK's own highest-profile bug disclosure, a $3 million fund withdrawal from Kraken that Kraken initially called extortion and CertiK called security testing, resolved only after the money was returned. Web3 lost $482 million to hacks and scams in Q1 2026, down sharply from 2025's Bybit-driven peak, but o…","meta_description":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/certik-launches-invite-only-hunt-platform-for-elite-security-researchers . Ce…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":802,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-good-tech-companies-6882802/episodes/certik-launches-invite-only-hunt-platform-for-elite-security-researchers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-tech-companies-6882802/certik-launches-invite-only-hunt-platform-for-elite-security-researchers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}