Smart Talks with IBM

The $5 Billion Effort to help Secure the World’s Shared Software

October 27, 2026·31 min·5-min readnarrativescience
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A massive $5 billion IBM and Red Hat initiative, Project Lightwell, backed by 20,000 engineers, signals a turning point in the battle for open source software security, driven by the disruptive power of AI. The episode reveals how frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos have exposed th

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Guest

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Jen Easterly

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Mentions

Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Malcolm GladwellJen EasterlyMunish SharmaGunnar Hellekson

Books

The End of Cybersecurityby Jen Easterly

Companies

IBMRed HatAnthropic

Products & Tools

Project LightwellMythosCVSS

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurityEconomicsLong Form JournalismOpen SourceSoftware EngineeringTech Industry

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