Helder Antunes, Veea Inc. | MWC26 Barcelona

Описание: In this interview from MWC Barcelona 2026, Helder Antunes, chief revenue officer of Veea Inc., joins theCUBE's John Furrier and Dave Vellante to discuss how Veea's hyper-converged edge platform is bringing turnkey cybersecurity to the underserved SMB market. Antunes details the company's newly announced deal with América Móvil in Mexico, where rising cyberattacks and World Cup security mandates have created urgent demand for SecureConnect – a plug-and-play device that bundles comprehensive security, SD-WAN and edge compute into a single box priced at roughly $900. With no IT expertise required and deployment in about 10 minutes via QR code scan, the solution targets mid-market businesses that have historically lacked any cybersecurity protection.

Additionally, Antunes shares his perspective on the broader cybersecurity landscape, drawing on 20 years at Cisco where he helped embed security protocols into Cisco IOS and co-founded the OpenFog Consortium. He highlights Veea's open-source release of Lobster Trap at MWC, a tool designed to monitor AI agent interactions and guard against prompt injection attacks. The device also supports agentic AI workloads natively – from facial recognition in retail to safety monitoring on construction sites – making it a true intelligent edge platform rather than a simple connectivity gateway. From expansion plans across Latin America to a 60% cost advantage over enterprise-grade alternatives, Antunes provides a roadmap for how Veea's bundled approach could finally crack the SMB market that has eluded larger providers.

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00:00 - Intro
00:07 - Innovative Solutions and Cybersecurity Insights at MWC Barcelona
04:20 - VeeaONE: Comprehensive Edge Solutions and Market Segmentation Strategy
09:28 - The Potential of SMB Market in Mexico and Beyond
11:49 - Easy Deployment for SMBs: Veea's Edge Device
18:02 - Insider Remarks on Cisco's Past Acquisitions
21:31 - M&A Insights: The Future of Cybersecurity Industry
25:19 - The Evolution of Technology: Open Source Security, Legacy Insights, and AI Infrastructure

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