Frank Wu
FounderFounder/Security Research Lead at NebuSec
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedNebuSec · YC
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About
Frank Wu founded Nebula Security and has spoken at security conferences including Black Hat USA. He previously led automated program repair research at DARPA and has developed exploit chains across Chrome, Firefox, Linux, and Android. He holds a Ph.D. in progress.
Founder/Security Research Lead at NebuSecYC S26
Intro paths
Frank went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran NebuSec's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- Nebula Security (YC S26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- University of California, RiversideGraduate Student Researcher2024 — 2026
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Languages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Frank Wu?
- Frank Wu founded Nebula Security and has spoken at security conferences including Black Hat USA. He previously led automated program repair research at DARPA and has developed exploit chains across Chrome, Firefox, Linux, and Android. He holds a Ph.D. in progress.
- Where does Frank Wu work?
- Frank Wu is Founder/Security Research Lead of NebuSec.
- What companies did Frank Wu found?
- Frank Wu founded NebuSec.
- Where did Frank Wu go to school?
- Frank Wu studied at Y Combinator; Southern University of Science and Technology (Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology); University of California, Riverside (Master of Science).
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