Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says AI Will Favor Defenders Over Attackers in Cybersecurity

Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN ) CEO Brian Armstrong said artificial intelligence (AI) will strengthen cybersecurity by enabling defenders to detect vulnerabilities across entire codebases before software is released. AI Boosts Code Security On Tuesday, in a post on X, Armstrong wrote, "AI will actually make software more secure, not less." He argued that AI favors security teams because it allows automated scanning of all code before production. "It favors defenders over attackers, since they can scan all code before production," he said. AI will actually make software more secure, not less. It favors defenders over attackers, since they can scan all code before production. - Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) June 30, 2026 Read Also: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says Tokenized Stocks Could Open US Markets To 4 Billion Unbrokered People AI Cybersecurity Race Intensifies Ear...