The Newest Board Members Will Help Guide the Commercial Development and Expansion of ZeroRISC’s Open Source Secure Silicon and Supply Chain Integrity Solutions

ZeroRISC, the leading open-source silicon supply chain integrity solution, today announced the appointment of Zakir Durumeric, Stanford Professor and Censys Founder, and David Gammon, CEO & founder of Rockspring, to its Board of Directors. Durumeric and Gammon’s strategic additions to the Board immediately follows the news of ZeroRISC’s recent $10 million seed funding.

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“ZeroRISC believes open and transparent secure silicon is key to protecting the integrity of the supply chain,” said Dominic Rizzo, CEO and Founder of ZeroRISC. “We built the technology to make that possible, and Zakir and David bring the kind of deep expertise that will help us scale our vision. Their contributions will be invaluable as we expand access to production-grade, secure silicon designs, and the software and services that make it useful, serving everything from IoT devices to data centers.”

Durumeric’s extensive technical knowledge in Internet Security as a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, along with his influential role at Censys, positions him as a key advisor for ZeroRISC’s strategic direction. Under his leadership, Censys evolved from a research project into the leading Internet intelligence platform for threat hunting and exposure management, securing a recent $75 million funding round and solidifying its leadership position as the de facto source of Internet intelligence data.

“Our critical infrastructure is increasingly under attack, and we lack solutions for ensuring the integrity of these devices. ZeroRISC is poised to redefine how we think about security by introducing a transparent and trustworthy foundation that can be used to secure devices from the foundation up,” said Durumeric. “The potential for ZeroRISC is boundless, and I am honored to contribute to the team’s journey, guiding the company through its next phase of growth.”

Gammon joins ZeroRISC’s board subsequent to ZeroRISC’s $10 million seed funding round, bringing over two decades of investing in and advising innovative early-stage companies as the CEO & founder of Rockspring, a UK-based family office. Gammon was a non-executive director of DeepMind Technologies from its inception before its acquisition by Google and is on the board of Raspberry Pi plc. Prior to founding Rockspring, Gammon was an investment banker for two decades. Gammon’s seasoned investment experience will help lead ZeroRISC through its next growth phase.

“ZeroRISC is bringing to market the much-needed potential of providing electronic device owners with vendor-independent integrity for all their connected devices, especially in manufacturing and critical infrastructure where the lifecycles are long and the stakes are high,” said Gammon. “I am excited to join ZeroRISC and provide strategic guidance through its next stage of growth and commercialization.”

Since its founding in April 2023, ZeroRISC has been committed to the open-source development of production-quality OpenTitan-based discrete, secure chips and secure silicon subsystems, designed for seamless integration into third-party systems on a chip (SoCs) and chiplets. Durumeric and Gammon’s appointment not only reaffirms this commitment but also emphasizes ZeroRISC’s mission to create a new paradigm of secure-by-default, transparent, and verifiable hardware for all.

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About ZeroRISC

ZeroRISC is expanding security by empowering device owners and operators in crucial sectors like silicon production, IoT, and critical infrastructure with full device ownership, control, and visibility. With transparent and trustworthy OpenTitan-enabled designs, ZeroRISC’s Integrity Management Platform affords customers the power to separate device security from place of manufacture by forging immutable trust of hardware by software. Headquartered in Boston, MA, ZeroRISC was founded by Dominic Rizzo, the OpenTitan project founder. The company is a leading project contributor, driving the commercialization of open-source silicon designs and device management software. For more information, visit https://zerorisc.com.

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ZeroRISC, the leading open-source silicon supply chain integrity solution, today announced the appointment of Zakir Durumeric, Stanford Professor and Censys Founder, and David Gammon, CEO & founder of Rockspring, to its Board of Directors.