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Drew Dennison

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Co-Founder, CTO at Semgrep
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Drew Dennison is the Co-founder and CTO of Semgrep, a code security company he incubated while at Redpoint Ventures. An MIT graduate with a degree in Computer Science, he previously led a cybersecurity product team at Palantir. Colleagues describe him as a self-motivated, genius-level high achiever.

Living in San Francisco, Drew spends his free time racing sailboats, camping, and engaging with his two cats. His interests include application and mobile security. During his time at MIT, he was a member of the Sport Pistol Team and wrote an investigative essay on the history of computer crashes.

Drew developed a personal digital signing software tool called “packer” from scratch, which was subsequently adopted for use across three continents within his organization.

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Current Role
Co-Founder, CTO
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI in Code Security
His recent focus as CTO is on leveraging LLMs and generative AI to build the next generation of security tools, as seen with Semgrep Assistant.
Developer-first Security
He co-founded Semgrep to create developer-friendly security tools that are fast, accurate, and integrate directly into existing workflows, democratizing access to powerful code analysis.
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Career

Work history

5-2017
Co-Founder, CTO
Semgrep
9-2016 - 5-2017
Entrepreneur in Residence
Redpoint Ventures
10-2015 - 9-2016
Lead Software Engineer
Palantir Technologies
8-2012 - 10-2015
Software Engineer
Palantir Technologies
5-2012 - 8-2012
Software Engineer Intern
Palantir Technologies
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Education
2009 - 2013
S.B.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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