Company Profile

Pwn.college LLC
Profile last edited on: 4/10/26      CAGE: 9PSF9      UEI: J6RZMEXZL643

Business Identifier: Open-source cybersecurity education platform
Year Founded
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First Award
2024
Latest Award
2024
Program Status
Active
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Location Information

101 W 5th Street Apt 2002
Tempe, AZ 85281
   (520) 305-9267
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Location: Single
Congr. District: 04
County: Maricopa

Public Profile

Pwn.college LLC is a premier, hands-on cybersecurity education platform and training firm originating from Arizona State University (ASU) offering intensive, project-based learning focused on exploitation,vulnerability research and operational security, featuring a "dojo" environment where users solve challenges to earn belts. Key Aspects of pwn.college: Hands-on Focus: Platform emphasizes "doing" rather than watching, providing real-world binary exploitation challenges to build deep, practical skills. The Dojo: A browser-based environment (or via SSH) that includes terminal access, VS Code, and a full Linux GUI for conducting security research, eliminating local setup issues. Curriculum & Ranks: Curriculum, - created by ASU hackers - features "belts" (eg, white belt) representing mastery levels achieved through solving progressively harder challenges. Corporate/Government Training: pwn.college LLC provides 1-3 week customizable, high-intensity training sessions for professional teams in addition to their public platform. Community Support: Features an active Discord community for collaboration. Platform designed to take users from foundational knowledge to advanced hacking capabilities, acting as a "martial arts" style school for security.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
1-4
Revenue Range
.5M-1M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
N/A

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2024 1 DARPA $274,998
Project Title: SENSEI: Scaling Education Nationwide for Security Expertise and Impact

Key People / Management

  Yan Shoshitaishvili -- Associate Professor, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

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