Mav Levin

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States9 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in zero-day vulnerability research and cybersecurity.
Pioneered threat modeling for AI-enabled cyber attacks.
Led teams to significant improvements in security and performance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and Blockchain expert with a focus on vulnerability research and autonomous systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

BlockchainCybersecurityCloud SecuritySoftware DevelopmentTeam Leadership

Other Skills

SoliditySmart ContractsEthereumWeb3FuzzingCloud-Native ApplicationsC (Programming Language)C++Red TeamingInternet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)Embedded SystemsSoftware Design PatternsTest AutomationPython (Programming Language)Assembly Language

About

I’ve spent my life breaking systems to make them stronger, from hacking national grading systems in high school to serving in Unit 8200, researching at Stanford, and securing LLMs at Anthropic. Now, I'm building the future of AI autonomous vulnerability discovery. I’m here to share my story and what I find interesting and important in security. I try to make my posts clear, practical, and worth your scroll.

Experience

Depthfirst

Founding Security Researcher

Aug 2025 – Feb 2026 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

▪ Researching zero-day vulnerabilities and sharing my findings

Anthropic

Cybersecurity Safeguards Specialist

May 2025 – Aug 2025 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

▪ Pioneered threat modeling for novel cyber attacks enabled by frontier AI

Alchemy

Hacker

Oct 2024 – Apr 2025 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

▪ Executed deep-dive security audits on core infrastructure and smart contracts managing billions in digital assets

Stanford university

Researcher | Professor Dawson Engler's Lab

Sep 2024 – Jun 2025 · 9 mos · Stanford, California, United States

▪ Researched and deployed new methods to identify, exploit, and eliminate vulnerabilities in smart contracts at scale

Trail of bits

Blockchain Security Researcher

Mar 2024 – Jun 2024 · 3 mos · New York, New York, United States

▪ Engineered autonomous AI agents for smart contract auditing, integrating Slither static analysis with a custom sandboxed execution environment to automate vulnerability discovery

Software DevelopmentSoliditySmart ContractsEthereumWeb3Blockchain+1

Calif

Security Researcher and Developer

Jun 2023 – Sep 2023 · 3 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · Remote

▪ Reverse-engineered custom packed binary firmware to uncover DOS and access control vulnerabilities in industry-leading VPN

Stanford university

Researcher | Professor Dan Boneh's Lab

Jan 2023 – Jun 2023 · 5 mos · Stanford, California, United States

▪ Discovered a critical vulnerability in Flashbots (core Ethereum infrastructure processing $ billions/month)
▪ Researched blockchain security and algorithms

Trail of bits

Blockchain Security Researcher

Jun 2022 – Sep 2022 · 3 mos · New York, New York, United States

▪ Identified critical logic flaws in client infrastructure, preventing $100k+ in potential theft.
▪ Built a Solidity storage optimizer that analyzed 51,000+ live contracts to uncover gas optimization vectors at scale.