---
id: 1408
title: "Kicking off AIxCC’s Finals with Buttercup"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/04/21/kicking-off-aixccs-finals-with-buttercup/"
published_at: "2025-04-21 13:00"
tags: ["ai-security", "cloud", "darpa", "trail-of-bits", "aixcc", "buttercup", "automated-exploitation"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1408"
lang: en
---

# Kicking off AIxCC’s Finals with Buttercup

## Summary

Trail of Bits' Buttercup cyber reasoning system enters the DARPA AIxCC Finals, which feature bigger budgets, longer analysis windows, delta and full scan challenges, and custom AI models.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2025-04-21 13:00
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/04/21/kicking-off-aixccs-finals-with-buttercup/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1408