Optery (YC W22) — Opt out software that removes your private info from the internet
Optery is automated opt out software, and we serve individuals, families and businesses. With Optery, you can remove yourself from hundreds of data brokers that are posting and selling your home address, phone number, email and other private information on the internet.
Optery is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2022 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Opt out software that removes your private info from the internet. The founders listed are Lawrence Gentilello (Founder), Chen Atlas (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, October 12, 2021).
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Example from a real report (our sample on Target): “Target eliminated approximately 1,800 corporate positions, with around 1,000 employees receiving layoff notices and the remainder accounted for by eliminating open roles.” Source: NBC News
Optery is automated opt out software, and we serve individuals, families and businesses. With Optery, you can remove yourself from hundreds of data brokers that are posting and selling your home address, phone number, email and other private information on the internet.
Optery received the “Editors’ Choice” award by PCMag as the most outstanding product in the personal data removal category in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026 and 2026, the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for Attack Surface Management, Digital Footprint Management, and Employee Privacy Protection in 2024 and 2025, Cyber Defense Magazine’s Top InfoSec Innovator and Best Attack Surface Management awards in 2024 and 2025, the 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech award for security and privacy in 2023. In 2025, Optery was also listed by Business Insider as one of 30 early-stage startups most likely to become a unicorn.
Optery prevents phishing and social engineering, identity theft and fraud, online stalking and harassment, ransomware, doxxing, and prevents people's private information from showing up in Google search results.
Anyone can create a free account to receive a personalized Exposure Report with live screenshots summarizing where your information is being posted and sold online. Optery then provides free tools for self-service removals, or you can upgrade to a paid plan, and Optery will remove the profiles for you.
Optery for Business serves enterprises removing personal information from the internet for their employees and executives, and offers an API enabling application developers to embed data broker scanning and removal technology into their applications.
Lawrence Gentilello
Founder
Chen Atlas
Founder
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Example from a real report (our sample on Target): “Target eliminated approximately 1,800 corporate positions, with around 1,000 employees receiving layoff notices and the remainder accounted for by eliminating open roles.” Source: NBC News
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