SecurityPal Featured in Forbes: How AI and Human Expertise Are Redefining Security Reviews

We’re honored to share that SecurityPal was featured in Forbes, marking a massive milestone in our mission to accelerate business growth by simplifying and securing the customer journey. The article spotlights our unique AI-powered, human-driven approach to streamlining security questionnaires — helping the world’s top companies accelerate compliance with accuracy and ease.

Read the full article.

Thank you to Alex Konrad, the Senior Editor covering Venture Capital and Startups, for shining a spotlight on the work we’re doing to help the world’s top companies — including OpenAI, Figma, and Grammarly — navigate security assessments with speed and precision.

Earning global recognition, from Silicon Valley to Silicon Peaks

Being featured in Forbes is a major milestone for SecurityPal. The article not only highlights our impact on customers like OpenAI, Figma, and Grammarly—helping them build trust and close deals faster—but also showcases the incredible journey that got us here.

Key takeaways from the Forbes feature

• SecurityPal Solves a Crucial but Overlooked Problem – Security questionnaires are essential, but tedious — often taking hours of valuable time away from sales engineering and compliance teams and delaying critical sales. Streamlining this process enables major tech players to close deals faster.
• AI + Human Expertise = Competitive Advantage – SecurityPal blends AI automation with highly skilled human analysts to deliver unmatched speed and accuracy — completing questionnaires in as little as 24 hours — setting us apart from purely AI-driven solutions.
• Building ‘Silicon Peaks’ in Nepal – Our founder and CEO, Pukar Hamal, isn’t just scaling a business — he’s fostering a thriving tech ecosystem in Kathmandu by hiring full-time employees, paying above-market wages, and providing growth opportunities.

Read more about Silicon Peaks in this blog.

• A Founder’s Personal Mission – Born in Nepal and raised in the U.S., Hamal’s personal journey from Nepal to the U.S. and back, is central to SecurityPal’s vision of creating high-value tech jobs in Nepal rather than relying on traditional outsourcing.
• Industry Validation & Growth – SecurityPal’s revenue has grown 3x in the last two years to an estimated $10 million, earning the trust of blue-chip customers and securing a $105 million valuation after raising $21 million in a Series A led by Craft Ventures, demonstrating strong market demand for our services.

An extraordinary response on a global scale

The response to our feature in Forbes has been overwhelming. With hundreds of likes across social channels, and powerful testimonials of support in the comments section, we are deeply grateful for the positive recognition this feature has garnered.

We extend a special shoutout to our customers and partners who participated in the Forbes feature and offered their support, including David Hwang, Grammarly's Chief Customer Officer, and John B. Park,  former longtime product leader at Google and Capital Group.

“The IT industry here [in Kathmandu, Nepal] is like any other burgeoning IT industry: there are some companies that don’t pay very well. There are some that churn through employees, knowing they’re not going to stay,” Park said. “SecurityPal is not that type of company. They’ve taken a long-term approach to things.”

Our Forbes feature has resonated with audiences worldwide, reaching hundreds of thousands of people and even being translated into multiple languages, including Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic. 

This global recognition underscores the growing demand for SecurityPal’s solutions and highlights broad support for our approach to security, AI, and the thriving tech ecosystem we’re building in Nepal.

For the full story, check out the Forbes feature here.

We’re just getting started

As SecurityPal continues to expand, we remain focused on driving innovation in security compliance, empowering businesses to move faster and more securely. The Forbes feature validates the impact we’re making, but this is just the beginning. With a growing global footprint, cutting-edge AI advancements, and an unwavering commitment to our customers, we’re excited to continue shaping the future of security reviews. Thank you to our team, partners, and customers for being part of this journey—we’re just getting started!