Andreessen Horowitz May 3, 2024
Feross Aboukhadijeh, Joel de la Garza, and Derrick Harris

In this episode of the AI + a16z podcast, Socket founder and CEO Feross Aboukhadijeh, and a16z partner Joel de la Garza, discuss the open-source software supply chain. Feross and Joel share their thoughts and insights on topics ranging from the recent xz Utils attack to how large language models can help overcome understaffed security teams and overwhelmed developers.

Despite some increasingly sophisticated attacks making headlines and compromising countless systems, they’re optimistic that LLMs, in particular, could be a turning point for security blue teams. Here are some highlights:

[14:25] Joel de la Garza: “The whole new microservices and decomposed development model has been awesome at making sure that whatever method developers are using is the correct method. Because the...

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