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<p><strong>FOUNDER</strong><br>Zove <mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#919395" class="has-inline-color">2022</mark><br>zTrust.AI (acquired) <mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#919395" class="has-inline-color">2024</mark><br>Peach Fuzzer (acquired by GitLab) <mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#919395" class="has-inline-color">2020</mark><br>Deja vu Security (acquired by Accenture) <mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#919395" class="has-inline-color">2019</mark></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#040404"><strong>WHAT I SPEND MY TIME ON</strong><br><a href="https://akshayaggarwal.com/founder/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Entrepreneurship</a> | <a href="https://www.zove.io/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cybersecurity </a>| <a href="https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/722599133/zove-security-s-ai-technology-unit-acquired-to-protect-high-value-targets">Artificial Intelligence</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/urban.curator/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Urban Art</a></p>



<p><strong>CURRENTLY EXPLORING</strong><br>Product security and trust &#8211; protecting the technologies that power our digital lives</p>



<p><strong>ALONG THE WAY</strong><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshayaggarwal/recent-activity/articles/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Artificial Intelligence</a>, <a data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGEDhCr79nM" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGEDhCr79nM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Blockchain Security Landscape</a> , <a data-type="URL" data-id="https://akshayaggarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Security-Analysis-of-Bitcoin-Mining-Ecosystem-Akshay-Aggarwal.pdf" href="https://akshayaggarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Security-Analysis-of-Bitcoin-Mining-Ecosystem-Akshay-Aggarwal.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BitCoin Vulnerabilities</a>, <a data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-MVGBhb7o" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-MVGBhb7o" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">API Security at Scale</a> , <a href="https://nordicapis.com/why-api-security-is-more-important-than-ever/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MASH</a>, <a data-type="URL" data-id="https://sway.office.com/eXTIc3UKDoRkR227?ref=Link" href="https://sway.office.com/eXTIc3UKDoRkR227?ref=Link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A new frontier in AppSec</a></p>



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