I'm Andy Manoske
Buildling in investing in the intersecction of enterprise security and AI
I’m a product leader, open source software developer, and angel investor who is passionate about powering and protecting multicloud and AI critical infrastructure.
I’m paticularly excited about cryptography, devops/platform engineering, threat intelligence and security research, cyberwarfare, and open source software.
CoreWeave
Product Lead: Security Products
(2025 – Current)
I lead CoreWeave’s Security Products team: a product organization dedicated to buildling multi-cloud native AI security products to protect the workloads and data of the top AI Labs and enterprises in the world.
New York City, NY
HashiCorp
Product Lead: Security Products
(2016 – 2024)
As HashiCorp’s first product manager, I led the creation of products such as Vault Enterprise, Boundary, and Vault Radar from ideation to >$500mm in ARR.
Additionally, I served as the technical lead for the creation of HashiCorp Public Sector. I directly supported US DoD and the intelligence community within commands/units such as US CYBERCOM, Platform One, Iron Bank, Kessel Run, and Black Pearl.
SF, CA / NYC, NY / Singapore
AlienVault
Sr. Product Manager: AlienVault Labs
(2013 – 2015)
I led the development of Open Threat Exchange (OTX): one of the premiere open source threat intelligence networks in the world.
In partnership with the FBI, INTERPOL, and DHS we used OTX to help attribute North Korea’s Korean People’s Army (KPA) in the 2014 Sony Pictures attack.
San Mateo, CA / Madrid, Spain / Austin, TX
NetApp
PM: Security, Encryption, National Security
(2009 – 2011)
I led NetApp’s compliance, product security, and encryption as the company’s first associate product manager.
As the youngest PM in the company’s history I managed cryptography and encryption for NetApp’s ONTAP operating system. I led the creation of NetApp NSE, NetApp FDE, and NetApp NVE while completing my senior year in college.
I also was the product lead for classified national security and encryption products at NetApp. This included work on the P-8A Poseidon and the development of Lockheed Martin’s BlackCloud.
Sunnyvale, CA / Washington DC, DC
Angel Investing + Advisor
Personal Investing and Advisory
I am an angel investor and technology advisor focused on devops, enterprise AI, agentic and cloud infrastructure, and security startups.
My investments and advisorships include:
Skyflow (Series C)
Crafting (Seed)
Confidencial (Seed)
Amplify Partners
Advisor (formerly VC Principal)
(2015 – Current)
I’m an advisor and LP at Amplify Partners, where I was formerly a Principal before joining HashiCorp as its first PM.
GGV Capital
VC Associate
(2011 – 2013)
I was an associate at GGV Capital (the precursor to Noteable Capital and Granite Asia), where I invested in cloud infrastructure, storage, and security startups.
My investments I sourced or participated on included:
AlienVault (Acq’d by AT&T Cybersecurity in 2018)
Nimble Storage (IPO: $NMBL)
Curse (Acq’d by Twitch in 2014)
Upsight/Playhaven (Acq’d by Science,Inc in 2014)
San Jose State University (SJSU)
Bachelors in Economics and Computer Science
(2010)
Emphasis in Cryptography, Quantitative Economics
USAF ROTC for 17S
(Cyberspace Effects and Cyberwarfare Officer)
Outside of work I enjoy traveling, martial arts, and gaming. I’ve been practicing Kendo (Japanese fencing) for ~20 years and hold a 2-Dan grade. I compete in competitive shooting for pistol and rifle/carbine in leagues like USPSA.
I also play competitive Warhammer 40k in ITC, where I main Astra Militarum/Imperial Guard for the Midnight Judges team.
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