Metalware develops advanced firmware security solutions for critical infrastructure, protecting industries like aerospace, defense, automotive, telecom, and healthcare from cyber threats. Our product is an automated, intelligent binary fuzzer that enables organizations to efficiently discover and remediate security weaknesses in hardware products before deployment.
Metalware is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2023 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Firmware cybersecurity. The founders listed are Ryan Chow (Founder), Andrew Nedea (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 19, 2023).
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Metalware develops advanced firmware security solutions for critical infrastructure, protecting industries like aerospace, defense, automotive, telecom, and healthcare from cyber threats.
Our product is an automated, intelligent binary fuzzer that enables organizations to efficiently discover and remediate security weaknesses in hardware products before deployment.
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Ryan Chow
Founder
Co-founder & CEO of Metalware. Previously SpaceX, JHU APL.
Andrew Nedea
Founder
Co-founder & CTO of Metalware. Previously SpaceX, Amazon Robotics, Autodesk.
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