Introducing
Mend Forge
Early concepts, bold experiments.
What is Mend Forge?
Mend Forge is our innovation playground—where upcoming ideas, early features, and experimental projects take shape before they’re released into the wild.
System prompt hardening
Improve AI reliability by refining internal prompts to ensure secure, consistent, and aligned responses.
Agentic SCA
An autonomous agent that proactively identifies, analyzes, and proposes remediations for open source risks.
Agentic ASPM
A context-aware assistant that helps users automate tasks and take action directly within the Mend platform.
FAQs
What is Mend Forge?
Mend Forge is Mend.io’s AI native innovation engine. It’s a dedicated space where we showcase upcoming ideas, early features, and experimental projects related to application security in the age of AI. We believe that security innovation shouldn’t happen behind closed doors. Mend Forge provides a transparent look at the technologies we’re developing to secure AI generated code, AI powered applications, and the evolving software supply chain.
How is Mend Forge different from Mend.io’s AI Native AppSec Platform?
Mend.io’s AI Native AppSec Platform is our production-ready, fully supported AppSec platform designed for enterprise use. Mend Forge is an innovation playground. The features here are experimental and may not be fully documented.
Why did Mend.io create Mend Forge?
The security landscape is shifting rapidly due to the explosive growth of AI generated code and AI powered applications. We created Mend Forge to address new threats proactively and to build trust with our community. By providing a transparent view of our research and development, we aim to give you:
- Clarity on the emerging challenges of securing AI.
- Validation that your investment in Mend.io is protected as we prepare for the future.
- Credibility through transparent R&D and real proof of innovation.
- Strategic insight to help you plan your AppSec strategy.
Are the features in Mend Forge fully supported?
No. The projects in Mend Forge are experimental and in their early stages, they are not officially supported or guaranteed to be production-ready. We encourage you to use them for exploration and testing, but they should not be deployed in critical production environments.
What happens to projects from Mend Forge?
A project’s lifecycle begins in Mend Forge as an experimental feature. Based on user feedback, technical evaluation, and market needs, a project may be refined and ultimately integrated into the main Mend AI Native AppSec Platform as a fully supported and documented product.
How do I get early access to projects in Mend Forge?
Mend Forge projects are currently available to Mend.io customers and select prospects. Please speak to your Mend.io team if you would like early access.
