# Alex Dhillon

> Alex Dhillon is the founder and CEO of Outtake, a New York-based cybersecurity company building autonomous AI agents that detect, investigate, and remove digital threats like impersonation, phishing, and brand abuse in hours rather than weeks. A UC Berkeley triple major who spent nearly five years at Palantir on its experimental product team reporting to the CEO and CTO, Dhillon left in 2023 to bet that security needed a reset built around agents instead of alerts. Outtake has raised over $56 million across its rounds, counts OpenAI, AppLovin, Pershing Square, and federal agencies among its customers, and is backed by Iconiq, CRV, and angels including Satya Nadella, Nikesh Arora, Bill Ackman, and Shyam Sankar.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Outtake
- **Organizations:** Outtake, Palantir Technologies, Cornerstone Research, DN Capital, The Brookings Institution
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Triple major in Molecular Genetics, Economics, and Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Founded Outtake and grew it to customers including OpenAI, AppLovin, Pershing Square, and federal agencies within roughly two years, Raised over $56M total across seed, Series A ($16.5M), and Series B ($40M), Attracted angel investment from Satya Nadella, Nikesh Arora, Bill Ackman, Shyam Sankar, Trae Stephens, Bob McGrew, Guillermo Rauch, and John Donovan

## Career timeline

- **pre-2020** — Analyst and research roles at Cornerstone Research, DN Capital, and The Brookings Institution
- **2020** — Joins Palantir Technologies, working on AI platforms, product, and the experimental product team
- **2023** — Leaves Palantir after nearly five years and founds Outtake (October 2023)
- **2024** — Partners with CRV; raises early funding to build agentic cybersecurity platform
- **2025** — Closes $16.5M Series A led by CRV (April 2025)
- **2026** — Raises $40M Series B led by Iconiq with angels including Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman, Nikesh Arora, Shyam Sankar

## Achievements

- Founded Outtake and grew it to customers including OpenAI, AppLovin, Pershing Square, and federal agencies within roughly two years
- Raised over $56M total across seed, Series A ($16.5M), and Series B ($40M)
- Attracted angel investment from Satya Nadella, Nikesh Arora, Bill Ackman, Shyam Sankar, Trae Stephens, Bob McGrew, Guillermo Rauch, and John Donovan
- Grew ARR sixfold and customer base over tenfold year-over-year
- Built a platform that scanned 20 million potential cyberattacks in a single year
- Assembled a team of former founders and alumni from Palantir, SpaceX, Notion, Meta, and Microsoft

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Outtake raised a $40M Series B led by Iconiq with backing from Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman, Nikesh Arora, and Shyam Sankar; disclosed customers including OpenAI, AppLovin, and Pershing Square.
- **2025-04** — Closed a $16.5M Series A led by CRV to expand its agentic threat detection and response platform.

## Links

- Website: https://outtake.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aadhillon
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcw-YSIBLY

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Last updated: 2026-06-19