Semgrep

Semgrep, Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2017 by MIT graduates Isaac Evans, Drew Dennison, and Luke O'Malley. Based in San Francisco, Semgrep focuses on enhancing software security from the beginning of the development process. The company offers the Semgrep AppSec Platform, a commercial application security tool that helps organizations identify bugs, enforce coding standards, and detect security vulnerabilities in source code during development. The Semgrep platform supports over seventeen programming languages and integrates with popular CI/CD tools like GitHub and GitLab. It features a library of over 2,000 ready-made security and code quality rules, allowing users to create custom rules tailored to their needs. Semgrep is designed to scale from individual developers to large engineering teams, providing infrastructure for managing and monitoring security scans. The open-source version has gained over 2 million users globally and is recognized by OWASP as a leading source code analysis tool. Semgrep's customer base includes notable technology companies such as Figma, Dropbox, Slack, and Snowflake.