
Mufeed VH
CEO & Co‑founder, winfunc (YC S24); AI security founder
mufeedvh
Thrissur, Kerala, India
4.6K connections
Joined May 2025
Summary
YC‑backed founder building autonomous security agents: Mufeed co‑founded winfunc (YC S24) and leads work on Asterisk, an AI agent that scans codebases to find, verify, and patch vulnerabilities (including business logic errors) and produce audit reports — positioning the company at the intersection of LLM agents and software security. ycombinator+2
Open‑source creator of agentic developer tooling: He created Devika (now referenced as Opcode) — an agentic AI software engineer designed to plan, research, and write code — and maintains several LLM and systems projects on GitHub that show strong interest in agent architectures and developer tooling. github+2
Experienced security researcher and competitive hacker: Mufeed has represented India at WorldSkills (cybersecurity), won national medals (IndiaSkills) and BRICS medals, and reports having patched/reviewed 300+ CVEs and contributed via bug‑bounty programs for major organizations — a background that informs his startup's focus on automating security work. mufeedvh+1
Systems‑oriented engineer with a strong Rust and tooling footprint: His public projects and repos (binserve, code2prompt, blockoli, stackwalk, titor, pdfrip, etc.) indicate strengths in systems programming (Rust), developer tooling, and LLM integration for practical engineering workflows. mufeedvh+1
Public speaker and community builder in Indian tech/ecosystem: He gives talks (TEDx), participates in podcasts about his YC journey, and is covered in tech press for his open‑source work and startup progress, showing an active role in communicating technical ideas and mentoring the developer community. youtube+2
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Competitive hacking, CTFs, and technical competitions (WorldSkills, IndiaSkills, BRICS Skills); participates in hackathons and enjoys systems/programming challenges. mufeedvh+1
Personal interests listed as 'spreadsheets, compilers, and xiaojie cat' and general open‑source development. mufeedvh
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MVMufeed VH
is one of the most impressive engineers they know in terms of both leadership and technical impact.Sep 22, 2025