Chainguard is innovating in software supply chain security with its flagship product, Chainguard Images - a collection of minimal container images with 97.6% fewer vulnerabilities than industry alternatives such as Alpine Linux and Google’s Distroless Images. The company was founded by veterans of Google's infrastructure and open source teams, including CEO Dan Lorenc, who spent nearly a decade building Google Cloud Platform.

Chainguard's mission is to be the trusted source for secure open source software. The company is tackling the challenge of efficiently securing the "long tail" of specialized open source components its customers rely on. Its $111M in funding from investors like Sequoia Capital provides ample resources to drive innovation, such as leveraging AI/ML to scale Chainguard's security capabilities.

Chainguard offers the opportunity to shape the future of software supply chain security while working alongside world-class experts from Google, Okta, Wiz, and more. A key risk Chainguard faces is expanding its security coverage efficiently as open source supply chains grow increasingly complex and fragmented. Maintaining a comprehensive yet usable security foundation will require continued technical breakthroughs.