Founder Real Talk

In this episode of Notable Perspectives, we sit down with Ofer Smadari, co-founder and CEO of Torq. Cybersecurity is in the midst of a massive transformation, and Torq is setting the pace.Ofer has built and sold a cybersecurity company for over $200 million. But he still had that founder hunger and urge to build — this time even bigger. Cut to today, Torq has recently announced a $140 million Series D and a valuation of over $1 billion. This is the story of what happens when a serial founder refuses to settle.Episode SummaryHear how Torq’s founding team went from a previous exit to building one of the most ambitious platforms in modern cybersecurity. In this episode, we dig into:The Pivot That Built Torq: Why the team shut down their original product and redirected their technology toward cybersecurity automation after realizing adoption wasn’t there.The Alert Fatigue Problem: How security teams are overwhelmed by alerts and why automation is essential to eliminate operational noise and scale security operati