Frank Wu
Cofounder @ Nebula Security (YC S26) | Black Hat USA speaker and DEF CON finalist with r3kapig, the world’s No. 1 hacking team in 2025.
2026Co-founder· Nebula Security (YC S26)
Founder · since 2026Company
Nebula Security (YC S26)
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Co-Founder
current
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Experience
Career
2026Nebula Security (YC S26)
Co-founderCo-Founder · 2026 – Present
2024University of California, Riverside
Graduate Student Researcher · 2024 – 2026
Bio
Founder of Nebula Security (YC S26). Black Hat USA speaker and DEF CON finalist with r3kapig, the world's No. 1 hacking team in 2025. He led the DARPA AIxCC automated program repair team and shipped end-to-end RCE/LPE exploit chains on Chrome, Firefox, Linux, and Android. He pwned Google's kernelCTF multiple times with zero-days, and has published research at top academic venues such as USENIX Security and NDSS. Ph.D. dropout.