Ambuj Kumar

CEO

Mountain View, California, United States22 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Pioneered AI-driven security solutions.
Led development of hardware security platforms.
Expert in cloud security and data protection.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and Semiconductor expert with a focus on AI integration.

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Skills

Core Skills

SecurityAiCloud SecurityData ProtectionHardware SecuritySystem ArchitectureHardware Design

Other Skills

AI AgentsASICAlgorithmsAndroid DevelopmentAnti-piracyApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)AutomationCCloud ComputingComputer ArchitectureComputer HardwareComputer SecurityConfidential ComputingConfidential Computing ManagerCryptoManager

About

Paraphrasing Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed technologists can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has". My passion is to assemble and work with such a group! Sucker for passionate people wanting to make a dent in spite of any challenges. Allergic to know-it-alls and snake-oil. Hiring for variety of jobs at https://simbian.ai/careers

Experience

Simbian

Co-founder and CEO

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs

Security is no longer about protecting credit cards. Attackers are poisoning water supply and keeping hospitals hostage. At the same time, increasing complexity of security is constantly making it outside reach of most organizations. Simbian exists to change that.
Simbian is building AI Agents for security. These AI Agents use the full knowledge of enterprise security data and tools to automate as much of tasks as possible, freeing up humans to take care of work unaddressed by Agents as well as creative value based work.
Our goal is to take security to its logical conclusion - provide best security consistent with your business judgement, at fraction of cost compared to the traditional approach of doing security, with AI Agents and humans working together, humans in control. We call it Fully Autonomous Security.

SecurityAI AgentsAutomationAI

Infosec global

Business Advisor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Axelar network

Member Board of Directors

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

Forbes technology council

Contributer

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

Fortanix

2 roles

Co-Founder

Jun 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 9 mos

Co-founder and CEO

Jun 2016 – Dec 2022 · 6 yrs 6 mos

Fortanix® is the data-first multicloud security company with its mission to solve cloud security and privacy. Data is the most precious digital asset of businesses, but this data is spread across clouds, SaaS, applications, databases, and storage systems. Security teams struggle to track, much less secure it. Fortanix empowers customers to secure all this data with a centralized solution. Its pioneering Confidential Computing technology means data remains protected at-rest, in-motion, and in-use, keeping it secure from even the most sophisticated attacks. Fortanix is trusted by dozens of Fortune customers, including PayPal, adidas, and NEC.
Just like encryption today secures data at rest and data in motion, our Runtime Encryption technology secures data in use. Our provable security means that your applications remain secure no matter what. Applications are protected even when infrastructure is compromised and root users are malicious.

Cloud SecurityConfidential ComputingData Protection

Cryptography research, a division of rambus

Chief Architect

Jan 2010 – Jan 2015 · 5 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Put hardware based security solutions into billions of devices across the world. Led engineering team and created CryptoManager platform (HW core, infrastructure, and embedded SW). CryptoManager provides key management, feature control, and a security foundation for applications through various life-stages of the SoC. Adopted by lead customer, Qualcomm.
Led architecture, design, and integration of CryptoFirewall solution (mostly HW and embedded SW) with more than a dozen Asian and North American customers.
Other responsibilities included managing customer technical engagement and integration, guiding security engineers, and serving as system solution architect.

Nvidia

Hardware design lead

Jan 2002 – Jan 2010 · 8 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

I worked at NVIDIA right after my bachelors. Famous for developing bug-free hardware. Built many foundational hardware technologies that went into hundreds of NVIDIA chips, including the world's fastest memory controller that still powers GPUs and form the basis of AI revolution.
Some highlights:
memory controller: my team developed world's fastest DDR3 controller in 2010, responsible for HW design/verif, arch, BIOS
re-architected PCI-E rootport. This modular and optimal architecture was integrated into many dozens of chips by dozens of team and cut engineering effort by order of magnitude
built world's first out-of-order hard drive (SATA2) controller in 2004

Hardware SecurityCryptoManagerIntegrationSystem Architecture