Hardware Founders Initiative

Co-Founder and CEO of Atombeam Technologies, a deep-tech company pioneering breakthroughs in data compaction, artificial intelligence, and advanced physics. Atombeam's flagship technology, Neurpac, improves data transmission efficiency by up to 90% without hardware changes, with deployments involving the U.S. Space Force, Viasat, and Ericsson. The company is also developing Persistent Cognitive Machine (PCM), a novel AI architecture demonstrating significant efficiency gains over traditional LLMs. Atombeam holds an extensive patent portfolio and collaborates with defense and research organizations, including the U.S. Navy and DARPA. Previously, he served as Chairman of Trigemina, where he helped raise approximately $20 million, and brings experience in investment banking and U.S. Naval intelligence.

Sammy Chowdhury is a four-time founder and the Co-founder and Chief Compliance Officer of Prescient Security. He has spent more than a decade building products, services, and customer success organizations, including two professional services teams that he scaled from one to 200 people. Throughout his career, Sammy has personally supported more than 3,000 B2B SaaS companies on their compliance journeys. With more than 25 certifications spanning cybersecurity, privacy, risk, auditing, and AI governance, Sammy is a recognized speaker and thought leader in SaaS security, compliance, and responsible AI. As a trusted risk advisor to executive teams, he helps organizations establish continuous, automated monitoring programs that address operational and data risks holistically. His mission is to help startups and scaleups demonstrate product-compliance fit through frameworks and certifications including SOC 2, ISO, PCI, HITRUST, FedRAMP, and CMMC.