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Amazon Appoints Mandiant Founder Kevin Mandia to Board

9/10/2026

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Amazon appointed Kevin Mandia to its board of directors.
Mandia founded Mandiant, which Google bought for $5.4 billion in 2022.
After leaving Google in 2024, he launched the AI-driven startup Armadin last year.
Amazon granted him 4,086 shares vesting in three installments starting November 15, 2027, valued at about $1 million.
Amazon cited AI-related cyber threats, noting OpenAI’s July breach of Hugging Face and Anthropic’s April limits on Mythos AI.

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Amazon appointed Kevin Mandia to its board of directors.
Mandia founded Mandiant, which Google bought for $5.4 billion in 2022.
After leaving Google in 2024, he launched the AI-driven startup Armadin last year.
Amazon granted him 4,086 shares vesting in three installments starting November 15, 2027, valued at about $1 million.
Amazon cited AI-related cyber threats, noting OpenAI’s July breach of Hugging Face and Anthropic’s April limits on Mythos AI.