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Security Founder Directory

Founders building cybersecurity and identity solutions.

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Zachary Perret
@zachperret

Co-founder and CEO of Plaid, a fintech infrastructure company. Previously worked as an associate at Bain & Company. Also co-founded Mischief in 2020.

FundedWeb3
125 VCs
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Moritz Stephan
@moritz_stephan

Works at Cognition Labs and is affiliated with Stanford AI Lab. Limited public information available about specific role and background.

FundedTechnicalResearch
45 VCs
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Charlie O'Neill
@oneill_c

Patent attorney turned co-founder of Parsed Labs. DPhil from Oxford. Currently works as an Associate Patent Attorney at a law firm while building something new.

Web3ResearchLegal
41 VCs
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Jietang
@jietang

Professor at Tsinghua University and founder of Zhipu AI, focusing on AGI and large language models.

Research
32 VCs
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Ken Ono
@kenono691

Professor at UVA and founding mathematician at Axiom, working on AI and mathematical proofs. Associate producer of "The Man Who Knew Infinity" and former Olympic-level swimmer.

Research
18 VCs
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Ferdinand Dabitz
@ferdidabitz

Thiel Fellow and co-founder & CEO of Ivy. Previously worked as research staff at the German Parliament.

Web3Research
14 VCs
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Co-founder of @AntiFund and @ketone. Previously co-founded HVMN (formerly Nootrobox), a biohacking and nutrition company focused on cognitive enhancement supplements.

Web3
13 VCs
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Anish Agarwal
@_anish_agarwal

Assistant Professor at Columbia University and CEO/co-founder of Traversal. Previously worked as a Research Scientist at Amazon.

Research
12 VCs
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Brady Evan Burns
@evanburns

Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient associated with @thelongdrink.

Founder
11 VCs
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Jennifer Lin
@jlindig0

Thiel Fellow and founder & CEO of AUG Therapeutics, focused on developing treatments for rare diseases. Previously worked as a research associate at Logos Global Management and recently founded Ashlins Pharmaceuticals.

ResearchFinance
11 VCs
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