Soroush J. Pour
FounderFounder at Harmony Intelligence
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedHarmony Intelligence
About
Soroush J. Pour is the co-founder and CEO of Harmony Intelligence, a company that uses AI agents and human cybersecurity experts to identify and help remediate vulnerabilities in web applications, APIs, and MCP. He previously led the first cybersecurity team at fintech company Plaid and worked in security engineering across product, infrastructure, and enterprise security at multiple companies. His earlier career includes founding WealthLift (exited 2011), software engineering and engineering management roles at Plaid, and serving as Head of Engineering and Technology at food biotech company Vow.
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Experience
- Harmony IntelligenceCo-founder & CEOcurrent2023 — present
- Ripe RoboticsMember Board of Directorscurrent2021 — presentGreater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
- Ripe RoboticsInvestor and Advisor2019 — 2021
- IndependentSabbatical - AI safety & alignment2023
- VowSpecial Projects2022 — 2023Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- VowHead of Technology2022Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- VowHead of Engineering2020 — 2022Sydney, Australia
- Synbio AutomationFounder & Engineer (Hardware + Software)2019 — 2020Sydney, Australia
- -Independent researcher & consultant: Alternative Proteins2018 — 2019Multiple locations in NZ, Australia, USA, LATAM
- TrellisAppSec Engineer2019San Francisco Bay Area
- PlaidEngineering Manager2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- PlaidSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Fireplace LabsCofounder & Software Engineer2013 — 2015Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- WealthLift, Inc.Cofounder & CEO2011 — 2013Berlin Area, Germany
- Belle Reve New OrleansCommunity Intern2010
Skills & more
Machine LearningLarge Language Models (LLM)Reinforcement LearningDeep LearningGPU programmingSoftware DevelopmentStart-upsMechanical EngineeringVenture CapitalMarket ResearchSocial Media MarketingTax Returns
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3D PrintingRoboticsMicrosoft ExcelPHPPythonJavaScriptAmazon Web Services (AWS)HTMLCSSSASSRubyiOSLanguages English · Japanese · Persian · Spanish
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- Who is Soroush J. Pour?
- Soroush J. Pour is the co-founder and CEO of Harmony Intelligence, a company that uses AI agents and human cybersecurity experts to identify and help remediate vulnerabilities in web applications, APIs, and MCP. He previously led the first cybersecurity team at fintech company Plaid and worked in security engineering across product, infrastructure, and enterprise security at multiple companies. His earlier career includes founding WealthLift (exited 2011), software engineering and engineering management roles at Plaid, and serving as Head of Engineering and Technology at food biotech company Vow.
- Where does Soroush J. Pour work?
- Soroush J. Pour is Founder of Harmony Intelligence.
- What companies did Soroush J. Pour found?
- Soroush J. Pour founded Harmony Intelligence.
- Where did Soroush J. Pour go to school?
- Soroush J. Pour studied at ARENA (Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator) (AI/ML Engineering); University of Cambridge (Leader of Tomorrow, Global Biotech Revolution GapSummit); Duke University (Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering).
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