Andrew Stroup
Founder. Investor. Operator.
Now
Founder of Leverage AI.
Active investor focused on AI, infrastructure, and regulated markets.
Previously
National COVID-19 rapid-response nonprofit, partnering with the White House, Amazon, and UPS.
Solving hard problems in new ways from within Global Information Security.
Recruiting top tech talent to solve the nation's toughest challenges.
Giant fighting robots. International sports league.
Team password management.
Discovery Channel engineering competition.
Joint Strike Fighter, biosurveillance, and presidential executive orders at the Pentagon.
Writing
- Three Moats That AI Can't Commoditize Apr 2026
- Startup Life, Chapter 17: Personal Growth == Startup Growth Nov 2019
- Startup Life, Chapter 8: What to do when your Co-Founder almost dies? Apr 2019
- Three discoveries from selling out to Corporate America Nov 2017
- Reflecting on my Tour of Duty Nov 2016
- Selling to the federal government? Jun 2016
- PIF Knowledge Sharing and Transfer May 2015
- Hello World May 2015
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About
Andrew Stroup is a serial entrepreneur, the founder of Leverage AI, a Venture Partner at Inauguration Capital, and an active investor in AI, infrastructure, and regulated markets.
Previously, he worked across defense, finance, and frontier technology, including the Pentagon, the White House, banking, and multiple venture-backed startups.