Chainguard is a cybersecurity company founded in 2021, focused on securing the software supply chain. Its core business involves building secure-by-default container images, libraries, and virtual machines. The company operates in the technical domains of container security, software supply chain security, and open source security.
The company's main products include Chainguard Factory, which continuously builds and updates thousands of secure artifacts, and a catalog of zero-CVE container images, which it describes as the largest of its kind. Chainguard states that its solutions eliminate approximately 1,000 hours of engineering toil per customer per year by providing maintained, secure base images rather than requiring teams to patch vulnerabilities themselves.
Based on public signals, Chainguard describes its culture as playful while being serious about its mission to guard open source software. The company does not publicly disclose its team size or funding details.
