Mufeed VH

Mufeed VH is the CEO and Co-founder of Asterisk, an enterprise security startup backed by Y Combinator, and currently operates between Thrissur, India, and San Francisco. Bringing eight years of technical experience in offensive security and agentic artificial intelligence development, he has independently patched more than 300 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures across various open-source software projects. Through extensive participation in corporate bug bounty programs, he has successfully identified and resolved critical system vulnerabilities for major global technology corporations, including Google, Mastercard, Dell, and Okta. As a competitive cybersecurity specialist, he has represented India in international capture-the-flag hacking competitions, earning recognized medals at IndiaSkills, the BRICS Skills competition, and the WorldSkills Olympiad. His current professional focus centers on engineering autonomous AI developer agents capable of advanced reasoning to conduct comprehensive security audits for mission-critical enterprise codebases.