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Optery

Opt out software that removes your private info from the internet

Optery is automated opt out software, and we serve individuals, families and businesses. With Optery, you can remove yourself from hundreds of data brokers that are posting and selling your home address, phone number, email and other private information on the internet. Optery was awarded"Editors' Choice" by PCMag as the most outstanding product in its category in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, received the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for Attack Surface Management, Digital Footprint Management, and Employee Privacy Protection in 2024 and 2025), was awarded the Top InfoSec Innovator Award for Attack Surface Management by Cyber Defense Magazine in 2024, was named Next Big Things in Tech for Security and Privacy by Fast Company in 2023, and was named one of Business Insider’s Top 30 Future Unicorns of 2025. Optery prevents phishing and social engineering, identity theft and fraud, online stalking and harassment, ransomware, doxxing, and prevents people's private information from showing up in Google search results. Anyone can create a free account to receive a personalized Exposure Report with live screenshots summarizing where your information is being posted and sold online. Optery then provides free tools for self-service removals, or you can upgrade to a paid plan, and Optery will remove the profiles for you. Optery for Business serves enterprises removing personal information from the internet for their employees and executives, and offers an API enabling application developers to embed data broker scanning and removal technology into their applications.
Active Founders
Lawrence Gentilello
Lawrence Gentilello

Lawrence Gentilello, Founder

Lawrence is CEO and Founder at Optery. Prior to founding Optery, Lawrence led Accenture’s Data Management Platforms practice in North America and was a Product Management and Technical Consulting leader at Oracle and BlueKai. As an entrepreneur, Lawrence also co-founded the remote collaboration company Screenleap and launched the first online facebook at Stanford in 1999. Lawrence is an alumnus of Stanford (BA), Duke (MBA), and Y Combinator (Optery (W22) and Screenleap (W12)).
Chen Atlas
Chen Atlas

Chen Atlas, Founder

Chen is CTO and Founder at Optery. Prior to founding Optery, Chen was tech lead and architect for 50+ engineers at Runa HR. Prior to Runa HR he was Co-Founder and CTO of As You Stay, and Cleanly, the on-demand laundry service. Chen was recruited out of high school by the Israel Defense Forces (Mamram) to build logistics platforms and is an expert in building large scale complex systems with high availability. Chen is an alumnus of Bar-Ilan University (BA) and Y Combinator (Cleanly, W15).
Jobs at Optery
MX / BR / AR / CO / PE / UY / BO / DO / PY / CU / Remote (MX; BR; AR; CO; PE; UY; BO; DO; PY; CU)
$60K - $90K
6+ years
US / Remote (US)
$120K - $175K
6+ years
US / Remote (US)
$160K - $180K
6+ years
US / Remote (US)
$100K - $135K
3+ years
MX / AR / CL / CO / UY / BO / CU / EC / PY / VE / GT / PE / HN / DO / Remote (MX; AR; CL; CO; UY; BO; CU; EC; PY; VE; GT; PE; HN; DO)
$60K - $85K
6+ years
Optery
Founded:2020
Batch:Winter 2022
Team Size:25
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Primary Partner:Nicolas Dessaigne

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