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Edward Wu

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Founder at Dropzone

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Edward Wu is the founder and CEO of Dropzone AI, which develops an autonomous AI SOC analyst for cybersecurity teams. He previously spent eight years at ExtraHop Networks, where he led AI/ML and detection engineering and worked on behavioral network attack detection, and he conducted research on automated binary analysis and software defenses at the University of Washington and UC Berkeley. Wu holds more than 30 patents in applied AI for cybersecurity and has contributed to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

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Decibel PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $10M checks · since 2024In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checks · since 2024Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checksPioneer Square LabsSeattlePioneer Square VenturesSeattle · since 2024Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2024Theory VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $40M checks · since 2024

Experience

  1. Dropzone AIFounder and CEOcurrent2023 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. ExtraHop NetworksSenior Principal Scientist2021 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. ExtraHop NetworksPrincipal Scientist2018 — 2021
  4. ExtraHop NetworksSenior Software Engineer, Data Science2017 — 2018
  5. ExtraHop NetworksSoftware Engineer, Data Science2015 — 2017
  6. University of WashingtonGraduate Student Researcher2012 — 2015Seattle, WA
  7. Intel LabsIntern2014Hillsboro, OR
  8. QualcommIntern2012Greater San Diego Area
  9. UC BerkeleyUndergraduate Research Assistant2009 — 2012Berkeley, CA

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PythonCJavaNetwork SecurityMachine LearningDevOpsData WarehousingComputer SecurityProgram AnalysisDockerPrestoFuzzing
+9 moreAndroid SecurityReverse EngineeringSQLIDALLVMNetworkingDistributed SystemsELKKubernetes

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Who is Edward Wu?
Edward Wu is the founder and CEO of Dropzone AI, which develops an autonomous AI SOC analyst for cybersecurity teams. He previously spent eight years at ExtraHop Networks, where he led AI/ML and detection engineering and worked on behavioral network attack detection, and he conducted research on automated binary analysis and software defenses at the University of Washington and UC Berkeley. Wu holds more than 30 patents in applied AI for cybersecurity and has contributed to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
Where does Edward Wu work?
Edward Wu is Founder of Dropzone.
What companies did Edward Wu found?
Edward Wu founded Dropzone.
What companies has Edward Wu invested in?
Investments tracked here include Inspectify, Mogara.
Where did Edward Wu go to school?
Edward Wu studied at University of Washington (Master of Science (MS), Computer Science and Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).

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