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ExtraHop

ExtraHop Networks is a Seattle-based cybersecurity company specializing in network detection and response.

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HQ
Seattle, Washington, US
Sectors
Computer and Network Security
Founded
2007
Employees
774
Stage
private-equity-owned

Dropzone's Edward Wu on Solving Security's Biggest Bottleneck

The security industry has a math problem: 12 million job postings, only 7 million qualified professionals. The solution? AI. Edward Wu spent nearly a decade at ExtraHop, pioneering AI-driven security detection. But instead of just alerting security teams about potential threats, he saw a bigger opportunity — what if AI could act as an actual security analyst? That question led to Dropzone, a company that's not just throwing AI at security but strategically using it to solve one of the most overwhelming problems in the industry — alert fatigue. In this episode of Founded & Funded, Edward and Partner Vivek…

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