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Aug 16, 2026 23 min

Chainguard CEO: Can AI Break Open Source?

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Dan Lorenc is the Co-Founder of Chainguard, which raised ~$900M to make it Open Source secure to use. We started by discussing the #challenges around the distribution and consumption of open source. It’s free and ubiquitous - but do we really consume the source code itself? Or as Dan phrase it: "It's free as in puppy, not free as in beer" We then explored #ChainguardImages, what the future holds for #containers in the new era of AI, and whether the industry is heading toward a more standardized, centralized system. Other interesting topics we covered: - Was #Mythos a marketing stunt? - Chainguard Agent Skills and agent-to-agent attacks - The beginning of Chainguard And who would Dan would love to grab a coffee with? 🏀🗽👑 Check our new website: https://www.boardroomclub.net Register for our newsletter https://boardroomclub.substack.com Host: Yossi Garmazi #ai #tech #cybersecurity #coding #agent #knicks #JalenBrunson Chapters: 00:00 Open Source & AI 00:27 Intro 00:58 What is Open Source? 02:46 Agents & Open Source 05:28 Is Open Source broken? 08:08 The Beginning of Chainguard 09:07 Chainguard Base-image & Containers 10:29 Open Source Regularity Pressure 11:34 Mythos: A Marketing Stunt? 12:46 Agent-to-Agent Attack 14:41 Open Source Misconception 16:10 Execution in Startups 17:00 When to Hire Sales? 18:28 Advice for Builders 19:44 Tokenmaaxing 20:56 What is AI Native Company? 21:26 Mentorship 22:08 Coffee Question 23:00 Favorite Movie

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