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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.