# BitPatrol

> BitPatrol is an AI-powered code security company that scans source code on every commit to catch exposed secrets - API keys, database passwords, and auth tokens - the moment they are pushed. Founded by former Stripe engineer and top-2% HackerOne researcher Christopher Lambert, it replaces legacy regex scanners with a proprietary machine-learning model that reads code context and cross-references billions of public commits to cut false positives. Part of Y Combinator's Spring 2025 (X25) batch, the company was acquired in 2025.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Christopher Lambert (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** 1
- **Products:** Real-Time Secret Detection (GitHub App), Context-Aware ML Detection Engine, Historical Leak Audit, Public Code Audit Service, Automated Remediation & Workflows
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Spring 2025 (X25) batch., Founder ranked in the top 2% of HackerOne researchers globally., Raised a $500K seed round backed by Y Combinator and Caffeinated Capital.

## Products & services

- **Real-Time Secret Detection (GitHub App)** — A GitHub App that scans code on every push, flagging exposed API keys, credentials, and tokens the moment they are committed, with alerts to Slack, PagerDuty, and custom webhooks.
- **Context-Aware ML Detection Engine** — A proprietary machine-learning model that evaluates code context and developer intent rather than matching regex patterns, cross-referencing billions of public commits, Docker images, and open-source packages to reduce false positives.
- **Historical Leak Audit** — Scans a repository's full history to surface secrets that were exposed in the past and may still be active.
- **Public Code Audit Service** — An external-only audit that checks a company's public code footprint for exposed secrets the way an outside attacker would.
- **Automated Remediation & Workflows** — Custom workflow automation and automated responses to flagged secrets, with integrations to incident tooling such as PagerDuty and Jira.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Spring 2025 (X25) batch.
- Founder ranked in the top 2% of HackerOne researchers globally.
- Raised a $500K seed round backed by Y Combinator and Caffeinated Capital.
- Acquired in 2025, roughly a year after founding.
- Shipped a working GitHub App with real-time scanning and multi-channel alerting.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Closed a $500K seed round backed by Y Combinator and Caffeinated Capital.
- **2025-10** — Acquired; the standalone GitHub App was scheduled to be deprecated on October 6, 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://bitpatrol.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitpatrol
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/theriley106
- GitHub: https://github.com/apps/bitpatrol
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qu3B_bX7dw

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Last updated: 2026-07-31