# Andrew Morris (slim)

> Andrew Morris is founder and Chief Architect. GreyNoise on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Founder and Chief Architect.

Andrew Morris founded GreyNoise, which classifies internet-wide scanning traffic, in 2018 and led it as CEO until February 2024, when he handed the role to Ash Devata and became Chief Architect, focused on technical innovation, the company's AI strategy and work with the security community.

## What Andrew builds

- [GreyNoise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/greynoise.md), graded B, 66/100, in Security intelligence. GreyNoise classifies IP addresses seen scanning the internet as benign, malicious, suspicious or unknown, with tags, exploited CVEs and business-service trust levels, through a v3 REST API, a Python SDK and an official local MCP server. Founder and Chief Architect, researched 2026-11-03.

## Works with

- [Ash Devata](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ash-devata/), CEO
- [Bob Rudis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bob-rudis/), VP of Data Science and Research, maintainer of the MCP server

## Backed by

- [Radian Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/radian-capital/)
- [CRV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crv/)
- [Inner Loop Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/inner-loop-capital/)
- [StoneMill Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stonemill-ventures/)
- [Paladin Capital Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/paladin-capital-group/)
- [Oliver Friedrichs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/oliver-friedrichs/)
- [Bryson Bort](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bryson-bort/)
- [Pedram Amini](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pedram-amini/)

## Questions

### Who is Andrew Morris?

Andrew Morris founded GreyNoise, which classifies internet-wide scanning traffic, in 2018 and led it as CEO until February 2024, when he handed the role to Ash Devata and became Chief Architect, focused on technical innovation, the company's AI strategy and work with the security community.

### What does GreyNoise Intelligence, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists GreyNoise from GreyNoise Intelligence, Inc..

### Who has invested in GreyNoise Intelligence, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Radian Capital, CRV, Inner Loop Capital, StoneMill Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, Oliver Friedrichs, Bryson Bort and Pedram Amini.

### How are Andrew's tools graded?

GreyNoise is graded B, 66 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.greynoise.io/about
- https://www.greynoise.io/contact
- https://www.greynoise.io/press/ash-devata-appointed-as-new-ceo-of-greynoise-intelligence
- https://greynoise.io/blog/weve-hired-ash-devata-as-ceo-at-greynoise-and-i-get-my-dream-job
- https://www.greynoise.io/press/greynoise-intelligence-launches-model-context-protocol-mcp-server-power-future-of-agentic-soc
- https://github.com/GreyNoise-Intelligence/greynoise-mcp-server
- https://github.com/GreyNoise-Intelligence/pygreynoise
- https://www.greynoise.io/press/cybersecurity-startup-greynoise-secures-seed-funding-to-reduce-internet-background-noise
- https://www.paladincapgroup.com/paladin-portfolio-company-greynoise-announces-4-8m-seed-investment-to-filter-harmless-security-alerts
- https://www.greynoise.io/press/greynoise-raises-15-million-in-series-a-funding-to-fight-cyber-distractions-and-mass-vulnerability-exploitation

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.