Our mission is to equip cyber defenders with unlimited intelligence

We believe that advancements in LLMs have enabled cognitive automation. We are creating a generational leap in SecOps by using AI to automate cyber expertise and tooling.

Meet the team

We are deep technologists at the intersection of AI, security, and product development.

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Edward Wu

Founder + CEO
Hobbies: Autocross, Skiing, Starcraft
Seattle, WA

Anne Gotay

VP of Growth
Hobbies: All things Peloton, family, hiking, gardening, baking
Boston, MA

Kaila Western

Head of Customer Success
Hobbies: Hiking with my pup, ultimate frisbee, cooking, and reading
Jacksonville, FL
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Alex Burner

R&D
Hobbies: Skiing, Mountain biking, Playing with geometry, Armchair cosmology
Seattle, WA
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Eric Hammerle

R&D
Hobbies: Skiing, Reading, Parenting, Husbanding
Kirkland, WA
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Changhwan Oh

R&D
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Surfing, Freediving, Sudoku
Seattle, WA
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Robert Foley

R&D
Hobbies: Canoe trips, Skiing, Dota 2, Poker
New York, NY
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Bri Hatch

R&D
Hobbies: Doggos, Kiddos, Board Games, SINfully bad math puns
Seattle, WA
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Michael Buono

R&D
Hobbies: Making music, playing golf, NBA basketball, and chess (nerd alert!)
Chicago, IL
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Colin Phillips

R&D
Hobbies: Biking, baking, camping trips, and gaming with friends
Seattle, WA
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Andrew Jerry

R&D
Hobbies: Disc golf, pottery, baking sweet treats, and following Formula 1
Birmingham, AL
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Alison Hammerand

Sales
Hobbies: Baking, yoga, and dance parties
Seattle, WA
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Tyson Supasatit

Marketing
Hobbies: Treehouse Building, Chess, Rain
Seattle, WA
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Rahul Popat

R&D
Hobbies: Skiing, Cooking, Reading, and Following the NFL
New York, NY
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Guy Raz

Sales
Hobbies: Playing soccer, Cooking, Family, Finding inconsistencies in Movies and TV Shows
Atlanta, GA
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Steve Mortell

Sales
Hobbies: Golf, Cooking, Steven King Novels, and Urban Off-Roading
Boston, MA
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Patricia Temples

R&D
Hobbies: Cats, Audiobooks, Sewing Clothes, Practicing French
Columbia, SC
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Tyler Hoyt

R&D
Hobbies: working on my car, sim racing, bossing computers around
Tampa, FL

Chantel Pszenny

Marketing
Hobbies: Family, Travel, BODi, Art & Design, Mariah Carey
Boston, MA
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Chris Abella

Sales
Hobbies: family, fitness, fantasy lit, caffeine
Atlanta, GA
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John Silva

R&D
Hobbies: Hiking trails, language learning (español), weightlifting, and gaming
San Diego, CA

Akaash Nirwan

Sales
Hobbies: Surfing, Gymnastics, Daily Duolingo (@akaashnirwan)
Tempe, AZ

Josh Sanders

Sales
Hobbies: Family, Nieces, Traveling, Gaming, and playing Billiards
Columbia, SC

Investors

Meet our investors

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Oliver Friedrichs

Founder and CEO of Pangea Security, Founder and former CEO of Phantom Cyber
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Jon Oberheide

Co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security
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Jesse Rothstein

Co-founder and CTO of ExtraHop Networks
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Garrett Held

Chief Information Security Officer at Carta
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Joshua Scott

Head of Security at Postman
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Anshu Gupta

Ex CISO at Fast

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Dropzone AI Wins Spot on 2024 Intelligent Applications 40 List

We are excited to share that Dropzone AI has been named a 2024 Intelligent Applications 40 (IA40) list winner!
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