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Open-source security is a mess - IBM and Red Hat bet $5 billion and 20,000 engineers can fix it

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STIX ID: report--30abe7ce-196c-50d4-a2fd-76165e91fcdc

Feed Name: ZDNet Security

Date Published: 2026-05-29

Date Updated: 2026-05-29

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Project Lightwell: IBM and Red Hat are launching a large AI-driven initiative, investing $5 billion and dedicating 20,000 engineers to build a commercial, subscription-based clearinghouse that scans, prioritizes, and delivers vetted fixes for open-source components (starting with Maven/Java and expanding to PyPI, npm, Go, etc.), working with upstream maintainers via a human-in-the-loop approach while raising questions about upstream compensation and potential gatekeeping.

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