# Andy Lunsford

> Anderson (Andy) Lunsford is the San Francisco-based CEO and co-founder of BreachRx. His background in privacy law and commercial litigation informs software that coordinates security, legal, communications and leadership during cyber incidents.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at BreachRx
- **Organizations:** BreachRx, Beacon Group
- **Education:** BA, Washington and Lee University, JD, University of Arkansas, MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded BreachRx with Matt Hartley., Led BreachRx through its $6.5 million seed and $15 million Series A announcements., BreachRx reported more than 100 customers and more than 3x year-over-year ARR growth for a second consecutive year in May 2025.

## Career timeline

- **Early 2000s** — Worked on early data-breach litigation involving the Federal Trade Commission, as recalled in his Red Clover Advisors interview.
- **—** — Built a Washington, DC litigation consulting firm with his brother and other partners; served as director of Beacon Group for 11 years.
- **2018** — Started BreachRx, according to his own interview account; a 2019 Finovate listing gives January 2017 as the company founding date.
- **2019** — Presented BreachRx at FinovateFall.
- **2024** — BreachRx announced a $6.5 million seed round led by SYN Ventures.
- **2025** — BreachRx announced a $15 million Series A led by Ballistic Ventures.
- **2026** — BreachRx launched the Rex Platform, followed by AI Tabletops on Demand and Out-of-Band Comms.

## Achievements

- Co-founded BreachRx with Matt Hartley.
- Led BreachRx through its $6.5 million seed and $15 million Series A announcements.
- BreachRx reported more than 100 customers and more than 3x year-over-year ARR growth for a second consecutive year in May 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — BreachRx announced Out-of-Band Comms on October 1 (page dated September 30), extending Rex with email, chat, meetings and collaboration for incidents affecting corporate systems.
- **2026-09** — BreachRx announced AI Tabletops on Demand on September 24 (page dated September 23), adding AI-assisted exercise design, facilitation and documentation.
- **2026-06** — BreachRx launched the Rex Platform on June 25, with a coordinating agent called Maestro and specialized incident-response agents.

## Links

- Website: https://www.breachrx.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersonlunsford/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/aplunsford

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Last updated: 2026-10-21