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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.