Kraken parent Payward joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing

Kraken parent company Payward has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, an initiative focused on using frontier AI models to strengthen the security of critical software infrastructure.

As part of the program, Payward’s security team is incorporating Claude Mythos 5 into its defensive cybersecurity operations. The model will scan Payward environments for software vulnerabilities, with findings sent into the company’s existing triage and remediation process.

Anthropic launched Project Glasswing in April 2026 after finding that advanced AI models could outperform nearly all humans at identifying and exploiting software vulnerabilities. Partners in the initiative have since identified thousands of security flaws classified as high or critical severity.

Payward said Mythos 5 will complement its existing security operations, which include dedicated red and blue teams, independent bug bounty researchers, and ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications.

Vulnerabilities identified in third party open source software will also be reported to project maintainers through responsible disclosure practices, allowing fixes to reach other platforms using the same code.

“Frontier AI is the first thing that flips that asymmetry,” Payward Co CEO Arjun Sethi said, referring to the advantage attackers traditionally have over defenders. “A model can read every line of code the way an attacker would, at machine scale, so we find the flaw before anyone can build the exploit.”

Payward said the initiative is intended to strengthen security across infrastructure serving millions of customers while also contributing security improvements back to the broader crypto ecosystem.