Hopper Hops Out of Stealth with $7.6M to Zap Open Source Security Woes!
Open source security startup Hopper has emerged from stealth mode, announcing $7.6 million in funding. Founded by Roy Gottlieb and Oron Gutman, Hopper aims to tame the wild world of open-source software risk. Their platform cuts through security clutter with precision, promising to make open-source security fast, accurate, and developer-friendly.
Hot Take:
Move over, traditional security tools! Hopper is here to save the day and it’s not just hopping mad about open-source vulnerabilities—it’s jumping straight into them with laser precision. This new security startup isn’t just another SCA tool in disguise; it’s the superhero your DevOps team didn’t know they needed. Grace Hopper would be proud, and so should we.
Key Points:
- Hopper has emerged from stealth mode with a cool $7.6 million in seed funding.
- The platform tackles open source software (OSS) risk management, acting as an alternative to traditional software composition analysis (SCA).
- It aims to reduce false positives and alert fatigue while highlighting real vulnerabilities.
- The platform boasts function-level reachability and automated asset discovery without requiring agents or CI changes.
- Hopper can pinpoint vulnerabilities down to the exact line of code, even in massive codebases.
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