Snyk just laid off 90 people because Claude Code destroyed its core business

Snyk just cut 90 employees. Its fourth round of layoffs.

Not because revenue collapsed.

Because Anthropic shipped a Claude Code update in February that scans code for vulnerabilities — and it does what Snyk does, built into the model.

A $7.4B cybersecurity unicorn just got disrupted by the AI it was supposed to secure.

The CEO called it "navigating the AI Fog." The restructuring collapses R&D into four areas: AI-written code, autonomous agents in production, vulnerability chaining, and persistent adversaries.

Read that again. A security vendor is now building around the exact threats its own customers face from deploying AI agents.

This is the pattern your CISO needs to understand. The appsec market is not immune to AI disruption. It is ground zero.

When the models can scan code, find CVEs, and suggest patches — the standalone code-scanning vendor becomes a feature, not a company.

Snyk's valuation dropped from $8.6B to $7.4B. They explored a buyout. Nobody met the price.

Audit your security vendor stack today. If your appsec tool doesn't have a native AI agent security story, you are buying yesterday's protection.

The vendors securing your AI are now being replaced by AI. Plan accordingly.