Feross Aboukhadijeh, Angel Investor

Feross Aboukhadijeh is the Founder & CEO of Socket, a developer‑first security platform protecting software supply chains from malicious and vulnerable dependencies. He is also an angel investor and scout for Andreessen Horowitz, and has taught web security as a visiting lecturer at Stanford University. Feross is widely recognized for his prolific open‑source contributions, including WebTorrent and StandardJS, which are used millions of times each month. Earlier in his career, Feross built and maintained widely adopted open‑source projects, shaping best practices in JavaScript and web security. His teaching at Stanford and leadership at Socket reflect a strong focus on empowering developers with secure, scalable tools while advancing open‑source collaboration. As an angel investor, Feross has made over a dozen investments in AI, developer tools, and emerging tech. His recent commitments include Opine, Inception, Arcjet, and Langbase, underscoring his focus on startups driving innovation in infrastructure, security, and next‑generation software platforms.