# Zakir Durumeric

> Zakir Durumeric is founder and CEO. Censys on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-11-03

Founder and CEO.

Zakir Durumeric is the founder and CEO of Censys. The company's about page credits him with inventing ZMap at the University of Michigan in 2013, the scanner the Censys research project grew from before it became a company in 2017.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zakir-durumeric-99146614b/

## What Zakir builds

- [Censys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/censys.md), graded B, 64.1/100, in Security intelligence. Censys is an internet scanning and intelligence service. Its Platform API returns what an IP address, web property or certificate exposes, with DNS resolution, host history, enrichment and reputation data, through REST, a hosted MCP server, SDKs and a CLI. Founder and CEO, researched 2026-11-03.

## Works with

- [Anil Gupta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anil-gupta/), Chief Technology Officer

## Backed by

- [Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/morgan-stanley-expansion-capital/)
- [Decibel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/decibel/)
- [Greylock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greylock/)
- [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/)
- [Intel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/intel/)
- [Ascension Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ascension-ventures/)
- [Four Rivers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/four-rivers/)
- [Hamilton Lane](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hamilton-lane/)

## Questions

### Who is Zakir Durumeric?

Zakir Durumeric is the founder and CEO of Censys. The company's about page credits him with inventing ZMap at the University of Michigan in 2013, the scanner the Censys research project grew from before it became a company in 2017.

### What does Censys, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Censys from Censys, Inc.. Censys is an internet scanning and intelligence service. Its Platform API returns what an IP address, web property or certificate exposes, with DNS resolution, host history, enrichment and reputation data, through REST, a hosted MCP server, SDKs and a CLI.

### Who has invested in Censys, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Decibel, Greylock, GV, Intel, Ascension Ventures, Four Rivers and Hamilton Lane.

### How are Zakir's tools graded?

Censys is graded B, 64.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://censys.com/leadership/
- https://censys.com/about/
- https://censys.com/contact/
- https://censys.com/newsroom/
- https://censys.com/newsroom/censys-raises-70-million-in-strategic-funding-to-expand-its-internet-intelligence-platform/
- https://www.intelcapital.com/censys-secures-75m-in-new-funding
- https://greylock.com/portfolio/censys/
- https://community.censys.com/
- https://api.github.com/orgs/censys/repos?per_page=100&sort=pushed

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