Howie Xu

Chief AI & Innovation Officer, Gen (S&P500); Stanford Lecturer | Formerly SVP of AI of Palo Alto Networks; CEO of TrustPath; Greylock Partner EIR, Founder of VMware Networking

📍 Palo Alto, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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May 2025
We make web agents come to life
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Feb 2025
Deepwatch® is the pioneer of AI- and human-driven cyber resilience. By combining AI, security data, intelligence, and human expertise, the Deepwatch Platform helps organizations reduce risk through early and precise threat detection and remediation. By operating as an extension of your cybersecurity team, we provide comprehensive security management, 24x7x365 monitoring, and precise threat response. Powered by AI, our platform optimizes your existing security tools, enhances visibility across your attack surface, and minimizes alert volume and false positives. Deepwatch has been named: - CISO Choice Awards: MSSP Winner 2022, 2021, 2020 - Great Place to Work® Certified 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 - InHerSight #1 Cyber Workplace for Women 2023 - LinkedIn Top 50 Startups 2023 - Forbes Top 50 Tech Company - Forbes Top Startup 2025, 2024. 2023, 2022 - Backed by premier investors with >$275 Million in growth capital from Goldman Sachs, Vista Equity Partners, Springcoast, Splunk Ventures, and ABS Capital - Splunk Partner: #1 Volume MDR/MSSP What We Do Our solutions combine the best technology with expert stewards. We are experts you can count on to keep a watchful eye on your security operations around the clock and give you the peace of mind that your business and brand are always protected.
Board Observer
Sep 2024
You.com is the AI Search Infrastructure company for enterprises. We build the intellectual backbone that enables organizations to reason like experts, decide with confidence, and act at scale through intelligent agents and workflows. We deliver real-time, accurate, and citation-backed answers—enabled by our proprietary vertical-specific web indices, which integrate public and domain-specific data for the deepest, most relevant search experience available.
Board Member
2024
Reaction is a global organization invested in solving the toughest global problems. We were founded by over 200 Stanford alumni executives across 47 countries. Our mission is to improve a billion lives, within a decade, by thought leadership and scaling innovations that change the world. Reaction is creating exponential change. Why now? Because more innovations will be created in more countries and industries over the next decade than in the previous 50 years. Many that offer the potential to solve pressing global issues will fail to reach the markets that need them the most. Reaction was founded by a diverse team of global leaders who united to solve this problem. We share a vision for a world where thought leadership and innovation can change more lives in less time.
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Dec 2023
Kite is building the foundational infrastructure for the agentic internet. It is the first system that enables autonomous agents to authenticate, transact, and operate independently in real-world environments.
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Nov 2023
Stop deepfakes before they become a problem with Reality Defender’s proactive AI-generated media detection platform. Detect dangerous AI-generated and manipulated content across audio, video, images, and text with our enterprise-grade API and web app.
Investor
Oct 2023
We are building a scalable and efficient AI Application platform.
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Apr 2023
Dropzone AI is the first AI SOC analyst that autonomously investigates alerts 24/7. It integrates with existing tools, adapts to your environment, and generates decision-ready reports. You can focus on real threats and 10X your team without adding headcount. No playbooks, code, or prompts required.
Board Member
2021
Automatically detect severe and more relevant problems and vulnerabilities early in the development process with the help of AI. Save time from code reviews & debugging. Metabob uses a combination of ML techniques to detect logical and context-based problems from code and offer code suggestions for fixes, saving up to 60% of the time from code reviews & debugging. Metabob can be integrated directly into companies CI/CD pipelines.
Board Observer
2018
AiFi ("eye-Fi") is the leading AI provider of camera-led spatial intelligence solutions that creates a 3D real-time digital twin enabling business worldwide to track people and objects through space and provides advanced insights that drive profitability, through real-time alerts to improve operations and security, labeled video evidence, and powerful APIs. AiFi’s spatial intelligence platform allows businesses across multiple verticals, including retail, airports, facilities, sports and entertainment venues, and universities to fully understand their physical space and increase profitability.
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Investor
May 2025
We make web agents come to life
Investor
Feb 2025
Deepwatch® is the pioneer of AI- and human-driven cyber resilience. By combining AI, security data, intelligence, and human expertise, the Deepwatch Platform helps organizations reduce risk through early and precise threat detection and remediation. By operating as an extension of your cybersecurity team, we provide comprehensive security management, 24x7x365 monitoring, and precise threat response. Powered by AI, our platform optimizes your existing security tools, enhances visibility across your attack surface, and minimizes alert volume and false positives. Deepwatch has been named: - CISO Choice Awards: MSSP Winner 2022, 2021, 2020 - Great Place to Work® Certified 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 - InHerSight #1 Cyber Workplace for Women 2023 - LinkedIn Top 50 Startups 2023 - Forbes Top 50 Tech Company - Forbes Top Startup 2025, 2024. 2023, 2022 - Backed by premier investors with >$275 Million in growth capital from Goldman Sachs, Vista Equity Partners, Springcoast, Splunk Ventures, and ABS Capital - Splunk Partner: #1 Volume MDR/MSSP What We Do Our solutions combine the best technology with expert stewards. We are experts you can count on to keep a watchful eye on your security operations around the clock and give you the peace of mind that your business and brand are always protected.
2024
Board Observer
Sep 2024
You.com is the AI Search Infrastructure company for enterprises. We build the intellectual backbone that enables organizations to reason like experts, decide with confidence, and act at scale through intelligent agents and workflows. We deliver real-time, accurate, and citation-backed answers—enabled by our proprietary vertical-specific web indices, which integrate public and domain-specific data for the deepest, most relevant search experience available.
Board Member
2024
Reaction is a global organization invested in solving the toughest global problems. We were founded by over 200 Stanford alumni executives across 47 countries. Our mission is to improve a billion lives, within a decade, by thought leadership and scaling innovations that change the world. Reaction is creating exponential change. Why now? Because more innovations will be created in more countries and industries over the next decade than in the previous 50 years. Many that offer the potential to solve pressing global issues will fail to reach the markets that need them the most. Reaction was founded by a diverse team of global leaders who united to solve this problem. We share a vision for a world where thought leadership and innovation can change more lives in less time.
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