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Security Founder Directory

Founders building cybersecurity and identity solutions.

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Zayne (zeyu) Zhang
@zeyu1337

CS student at Cambridge University and co-founder of Hacktron AI. Previously worked at Cure53 and TikTok. Active in cybersecurity competitions, placing 2nd at DEF CON 31-32 with team Water Paddler.

Web3TechnicalResearchStudent
3 VCs
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Ali Khademhosseini
@khademh

3X founder with MIT PhD in materials science & bioengineering. Former professor at Harvard, MIT, and UCLA, ex-CEO at TIBI, and ex-principal scientist at Amazon. Currently working on a new stealth startup.

TechnicalResearch
3 VCs
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Serge The Lion
@cbnsndwch

CTO at Extendly and co-founder of 1NationUp. Previously co-founded ChatHQ. Co-hosts hello_miami and is active in open source development.

FundedTechnical
3 VCs
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Kyle Walker
@kyle_e_walker

Professor at Texas Christian University specializing in demographics, geospatial analysis, and data science. Director of Research at The Linnaean Company and founder of Clearfork Intelligence. Active in open source development and has authored workshops and a book in his field.

Research
3 VCs
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Yongchao Chen
@yongchaoc

Assistant Professor at Tsinghua AI and founder of Apex Intelligence. PhD from Harvard and MIT, previously a researcher at Google Research/DeepMind, Microsoft Research, and MIT-IBM AI Lab.

TechnicalResearch
3 VCs
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Logan Brown
@loganbrown799

Harvard Law grad and former associate at Cooley LLP, now founder of Soxton.AI building something to end the billable hour. Also founder of Spencer Jane since 2020.

FundedLegal
3 VCs
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Paul Vann
@pjvann

Founder of Validia, working on cybersecurity and AI research.

Research
3 VCs

Professor at business schools, building Kompanion.

Research
3 VCs
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Professor turned founder building AI intersections. Currently teaches AI at University of Central Oklahoma and Rose State College. Co-authored "Generative AI and Libraries" published by the American Library Association.

Research
3 VCs
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Sam Jones
@___sjones

Co-Founder & CEO of Method Security, a cybersecurity company focused on protecting software supply chains and developer workflows.

Founder
3 VCs
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