Dean Valentine is Co-Founder and CEO at ZeroPath (YC S24), an AI-powered application security platform that autonomously detects, verifies, and fixes software vulnerabilities at scale. He previously co-founded MEVlink, a blockchain infrastructure company specializing in low-latency mempool data for DeFi trading.

Dean studied at The University of Texas at San Antonio and built expertise in blockchain infrastructure and cybersecurity. MEVlink was successfully acquired by bloXroute Labs in 2023, where the co-founders joined the engineering team.

Dean is recognized for challenging AI model benchmarks and advocating for practical performance over theoretical metrics. He has experience serving DeFi algo-traders, MEV searchers, and market makers with ultra-low latency data solutions.

ZeroPath emerged from Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch and uses advanced LLMs to reduce false positives by 75% while finding 2x more vulnerabilities than traditional SAST tools. The platform integrates directly with GitHub to scan pull requests and automatically issue patches.

At MEVlink, Dean helped build infrastructure that served high-frequency DeFi traders before the strategic acquisition by bloXroute Labs strengthened their position as a leading mempool data provider. ZeroPath now enables development teams to ship secure code without slowing down velocity.