Xia Hua is Co-Founder and CEO of Traceforce, a Y Combinator-backed (YC S26) on-device AI security platform that gives enterprises full visibility and control over AI apps, MCPs, and CLI agents running on employee devices.

Xia earned her PhD in Applied Mathematics from MIT and built a distinguished engineering career, serving as Director of Engineering at Clumio (acquired by Commvault) and as an in-memory database architect at Oracle.

A recognized voice in AI security, Xia has presented at DEF CON's main stage and created MCP X-Ray, an open-source scanner that uncovered a prompt injection flaw in Playwright, one of the most widely used MCPs.

At Clumio, she led engineering teams to deliver cloud data protection products that were 20x faster and 10x more scalable than competitors, validating her expertise in building enterprise-grade security infrastructure.

Traceforce is already deployed on 1,000+ devices across 10 organizations and in proof-of-concept engagements with Fortune 500 companies, surpassing 100 active subscriptions within its first month of YC S26.