Arnica Recognized as Developer Experience and AI Code Innovator in the Latio 2026 Application Security Report

The latest Application Security Market Report by Latio Tech has just been released, and we're proud to share that Arnica has been recognized as:

• Developer Experience Innovator
• AI Code Innovator

We're honored by the recognition, and this report confirms something we've believed from day one: application security must evolve to meet developers where they are, especially as AI transforms how code is written.

The Evolution of Developer Experience and AppSec

Developer experience is now one of the top deciding factors when teams evaluate security tools. The 2026 Application Security Market Report notes that several application security platform startups, including Arnica, have focused on "orchestrating and consolidating different tools" while prioritizing the developer experience.  

This recognition validates what we see every day: security only works when it empowers developers rather than slowing them down. The survey data backs this up. When asked what matters most in a security tool, teams ranked developer experience first, followed by false positive rates and integrations. The message is unmistakable. The era of security tools that developers avoid or work around is over.

AI Code Generation is the Biggest Challenge (and Opportunity) of 2026

According to Latio's survey, the top concern for 2026 is "speed and security of AI generated code." It’s true that AI coding assistants have gone from experimental to essential faster than anyone predicted, but there’s a fundamental flaw with the available AppSec tools on the market.  

Traditional security scanners were built for human-written code. They catch vulnerabilities after the fact, when fixing them means interrupting flow and context-switching. With AI-generated code, this approach breaks down completely.  

The Latio AppSec Market Report specifically highlights Arnica's work in this space by recognizing us as an AI Code Innovator. As they define it, this award goes to companies "investing in new technology for securing AI generated code" and "giving AI coding agents the context they need to deploy secure code."

This is exactly what we're building: security that works during code generation, integrating directly into AI coding workflows. We believe this is the way to keep pace with how fast development is moving while also ensuring that code is secure by default.

Security Needs to Shift Even Further Left

The "shift left" movement promised to catch vulnerabilities earlier in the development lifecycle. But as the Latio report points out, the reality often fell short: "developers were bombarded with confusing false positives, left spinning their wheels with pipelines blocked over nothing."

With AI code generation, we have a chance to deliver on the original shift-left vision. Instead of flagging issues for developers to fix later, we can prevent them from being introduced in the first place by providing AI agents with the right security context.  

What sets the AI Code Innovator category apart is that Arnica fundamentally changes when and how security is applied by embedding it directly into the code generation process, not after the fact.

What this Means for the Future of Application Security & AI

Latio Tech's report captures a market in transition. Application security recognizes that developer workflows have fundamentally changed. The rise of AI code generation is accelerating development and forcing us to rethink how security fits into the picture.  

Tools that slow developers down won't survive. Tools that require developers to context-switch out of their flow won't get adopted. And tools that can't secure code as it's being written won't keep up with the pace of modern development.

Being recognized as a Developer Experience and AI Code Innovator validates the path we're on. But the real work is just beginning. As more teams adopt AI-assisted development, the need for security that's built for this new reality will only grow. The future of application security is all about building security that enables speed, and that starts with meeting developers where they are.

Read the full Latio 2026 Application Security Market Report to learn more about the state of the AppSec market and emerging trends.

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