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CO-FOUNDER · CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERMarina Levy
Marina sets the operating direction for 17th Street Labs, shaping ambitious technical work into focused engagements, durable partnerships, and measurable client value.
01 THE LAB
Experience without
the institution.
17th Street Labs is a founder-led AI engineering and security research consultancy. Small by design, direct by default, and built for work where judgment matters.
25+years building and leading software systems
6→60engineers scaled in a prior platform organization
250k/sevents delivered at production scale
50Musers reached by a platform Dan helped build
02 OPERATING PRINCIPLES
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Evidence over theater.
A fluent demo is not a reliable system. We design measurement that can survive scrutiny.
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Security is architecture.
Permissions, boundaries, data flows, and failure recovery belong in the design, not the launch checklist.
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Capability must transfer.
The engagement compounds when your team leaves with sharper systems and stronger judgment.
03 FOUNDERS
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CO-FOUNDER · PRINCIPAL AI ENGINEERDan Levy
Engineer, educator, founder, and technical leader with 25+ years across production systems, developer platforms, AI applications, evaluation infrastructure, and offensive and defensive AI security.
dan@danlevy.net