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Andy Chou

Limited Partner at The House Fund

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Overview

Andy Chou is a Limited Partner at The House Fund [1] and founder and CEO at Ventrilo.ai [2][3]. Chou holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley [12] and a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University [11]. Previously, Chou was cofounder and CTO of Coverity, a static code analysis company acquired by Synopsys in 2014 for approximately $400 million [2]. Chou maintains active investment and advisory roles across multiple technology companies, including LaunchDarkly [4], Loom [5], FOSSA [6], RapidFort [7], Determinate Systems [8], Geometer LLC [9], and ZenRep [10], with focus areas in security, development tools, and enterprise software [2].

Profile introduction
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Now: founder and CEO at Ventrilo.ai. Previously: cofounder and CTO of Coverity, the market leader in static code analysis. Acquired by Synopsys in 2014 for ~$400m. On the side: Angel investor and advisor to startups. Focus areas include security, development tools, and enterprise software. Projects: https://github.com/acchou

Career history

  1. CEO and FounderFeb 2023 to presentVentrilo.ai
  2. Investor and AdvisorOct 2014 to presentLaunchDarkly
  3. InvestorSep 2016 to presentLoom
  4. Board Member and InvestorAug 2015 to presentFOSSA
  5. InvestorMay 2021 to presentRapidFort
  6. InvestorJul 2022 to presentDeterminate Systems, Inc.
  7. InvestorAug 2021 to presentGeometer LLC
  8. InvestorFeb 2022 to presentZenRep
  9. Limited PartnerThe House Fund

Education

  1. PhD, Computer Science1999 - 2003Stanford University
  2. BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science1995 - 1999University of California, Berkeley

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