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Cy Khormaee

Founder

Founder at AegisAI

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAegisAI

About

Cy Khormaee is the founder and CEO of AegisAI Security and teaches AI at UCLA. He has over 20 years of experience in roles spanning general management, product management, engineering, and field sales, with vertical experience in security, CRM, commercial real estate, and enterprise data and analytics.

Founder at AegisAI

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AegisAI's investors · 3

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2025Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checksFoundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2025

Experience

  1. AegisAI SecurityFounder/CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. PersonalInvestor/Advisorcurrent2019 — present
  3. AttentiveVice President, Product Management2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. GoogleDirector of Product Management2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. GoogleHead of Product2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  6. MoovwebVP Product2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. SugarCRMDirector of Product Management2016 — 2017Cupertino, CA
  8. ContasticCEO2013 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
  9. Lightspeed Venture PartnersFellow2013 — 2014Menlo Park, CA
  10. cimls.comCEO, Founder2010 — 2012
  11. MicrosoftTechnology Evangelist2007 — 2010Washington D.C. Metro Area
  12. MicrosoftProgram Manager2006 — 2007Redmond, WA
  13. HPSoftware Engineer2005Vancouver, WA
  14. E1SolutionsConsultant2002 — 2005Vancouver, WA

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)3SecurityBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Cybersecurity1Start-ups99Business Development87Entrepreneurship34Program Management29Marketing25Strategic Partnerships21Software Design10Product Management15
+12 moreE-commerceInvestmentsProject ManagementProject PlanningCRMSoftware DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCloud ComputingSaaSPHPWordpressPython

Languages English · Mandarin · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Cy Khormaee?
Cy Khormaee is the founder and CEO of AegisAI Security and teaches AI at UCLA. He has over 20 years of experience in roles spanning general management, product management, engineering, and field sales, with vertical experience in security, CRM, commercial real estate, and enterprise data and analytics.
Where does Cy Khormaee work?
Cy Khormaee is Founder of AegisAI.
What companies did Cy Khormaee found?
Cy Khormaee founded AegisAI.
Where did Cy Khormaee go to school?
Cy Khormaee studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); University of Washington (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science).

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