Companies that use Chainguard

Source: Analysis of Linkedin bios of 138 companies that use Chainguard

I noticed that Chainguard's customers are predominantly companies building and operating software infrastructure at scale. These aren't traditional enterprises adopting software, they're the ones creating it. They're developing AI platforms, financial services technology, cloud infrastructure, enterprise SaaS applications, and mission-critical systems. Many are literally described as building "platforms" or providing technology that other companies depend on.

These companies span the full maturity spectrum, but skew toward later-stage and established players. I see Fortune enterprises (Cisco, Wells Fargo, Mastercard), public companies (Akamai, Palantir, SAP), and well-funded scale-ups in Series C and beyond (Altana, Ramp, Scale AI). Even the smaller companies by headcount often serve thousands of enterprise customers or process billions of transactions. The common thread isn't age, it's operational complexity and the need to move fast while maintaining security.

Source: Analysis of tech stacks from 138 companies that use Chainguard

I noticed that Chainguard users are security-focused, high-growth B2B companies with significant enterprise sales operations. The presence of Clari appearing 3,400 times more often than baseline tells me these are companies with sophisticated sales teams managing complex deal pipelines. Combined with tools like Semgrep for code security scanning and Teleport for infrastructure access, this points to organizations that treat security as a competitive advantage, not just a checkbox.

The pairing of Semgrep and Chainguard makes perfect sense. Companies running static code analysis to find vulnerabilities in their own code would naturally care about supply chain security in their container images. They're applying the same defensive mindset across their entire development lifecycle. Similarly, Teleport's strong correlation suggests these companies have distributed engineering teams that need secure access to production systems. They're not cutting corners on security anywhere. The appearance of ClickHouse Enterprise is particularly interesting because it signals companies processing massive amounts of data, likely for customer-facing analytics or internal observability, which means downtime or breaches would be catastrophic.

The full picture reveals enterprise-focused companies in rapid scaling mode. The prevalence of Clari and ZipHQ indicates strong sales-led growth with teams managing intricate buyer journeys. These aren't product-led growth startups offering free trials. They're selling into other enterprises, probably in regulated industries or security-conscious sectors where their own security posture becomes part of the sales conversation. I'd estimate they're Series B or later, large enough to afford enterprise tooling but still hungry for growth.