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Christopher Lambert Built a Career by Following the Clues Everyone Else Ignored
Before BitPatrol became part of Snyk’s security stack, Lambert spent years building odd, useful software and hunting the credentials that conventional scanners missed. The through-line is simple: notice the overlooked detail, then make it operational.
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.
Stepan Ilyin
Stepan Ilyin is the Co-Founder and COO of Wallarm, a San Francisco-based API and application security company that raised $55M in Series C funding in 2025. A former whitehat hacker and Bauman Moscow State Technical University graduate, he co-founded Wallarm in 2013 alongside Ivan Novikov and others, with the company graduating from Y Combinator's S16 batch. Wallarm now protects Fortune 500 enterprises with AI-powered API security, real-time threat detection, and CI/CD-integrated vulnerability management. Ilyin has authored over 500 publications on DevSecOps, API security, and AI threat prevention, and is a recognized conference speaker at Black Hat, RSA, and similar venues.