Taming the AI Software Supply Chain: Bob Shaker from ActiveState on Vulnerabilities and Agentic Security
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25-Feb-2026
As AI-generated code floods the industry, organizations are grappling with an unprecedented accumulation of technical debt and hidden vulnerabilities within their open-source dependencies. ActiveState CTO/CPO Bob Shaker joins Techstrong TV to discuss how the company is deploying its own agentic AI to manage and vet a massive library of 79 million components across 12 languages. By combining autonomous monitoring with expert human validation, ActiveState aims to provide a "clean" curated catalog that prevents AI engines from pulling in compromised code or hallucinating dangerous dependencies.
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