Root is named as a Sample Vendor in the 2026 Gartner® Emerging Tech Impact Radar:

Software Engineering for Automated Vulnerability Remediation

We believe while the industry talks about AI-powered vulnerability remediation, Root's already shipping it.

The Future Gartner Predicts Is Here

Root was named as a Sample Vendor in the 2026 Gartner® "Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Software Engineering" (January 2026) for automated vulnerability remediation.

Why us? We think it’s because we're not waiting for the future. We're building it.

Gartner® predicts that“By 2028, AI agents and assistants will remediate 70% of software code vulnerabilities, up from 10% today, by either updating dependencies or suggesting code fixes”. .*

Our take? 2028 is too late. Your vulnerability backlog is growing right now. Root's AI agents are eliminating it today.

*Source: Gartner Report, AI Predicts 2026: Rewiring IT for the AI Age, By Arun Chandrasekaran, Rajesh Kandaswamy, etc , November 2025

Our take?

2028 is too late. Your vulnerability backlog is growing right now. Root's AI agents are eliminating it today.

*Source: Gartner Report, AI Predicts 2026: Rewiring IT for the AI Age, By Arun Chandrasekaran, Rajesh Kandaswamy, etc , November 2025

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Why Legacy Vulnerability Management Is Broken

The old playbook doesn't work anymore. Scan, triage, ticket, wait for developers, manually patch, pray nothing breaks, repeat forever. Meanwhile, attackers weaponize CVEs in hours.

The Traditional Approach Fails Because:

Scanning without fixing is just expensive noise

Manual patching can't keep pace with modern attack speed

Developers don't have time to be security janitors

Forced upgrades break production and kill velocity

Root Eliminates the Problem: AI agents that autonomously patch containers and dependencies. No forced upgrades. No breaking changes. No developer interruptions. Just patches that work.

What the Analysts Are Saying

Gartner® research describes AVR transforms vulnerability management from a human-centric approach, relying and manual patching, to autonomous, AI-augmented remediation that eliminates security gaps with minimal human intervention."

The report notes that “AVR prioritizes exploitable vulnerabilities, automatically applies patches and deploys fixes without disrupting workflows, addressing the growing impracticality of manual processeskeeping pace with software vulnerabilities."

Gartner Disclaimer:

Source: Gartner Report, Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Software Engineering, By Mark Driver, Arun Batchu, etc, January 2026.

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