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Why Super Intelligent Models Write Super Dangerous Code | Varun Badhwar, Endor Labs

The Neon Show

Published
October 29, 2026
Duration
1h 17m
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Last updated
Nov 1, 2026

Discusses agents.

Summary

Open source is under attack, AI code is more hackable and the things a founder can control now are very very few.Varun Badhwar is a 3x security founder, his last startup was acquired by Palo Alto networks where he grew the business from $5M ARR to $100M ARR. Now he is building Endor Labs to add controlled chaos to world of AI written code.Varun explains h…

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Open source is under attack, AI code is more hackable and the things a founder can control now are very very few.Varun Badhwar is a 3x security founder, his last startup was acquired by Palo Alto networks where he grew the business from $5M ARR to $100M ARR. Now he is building Endor Labs to add controlled chaos to world of AI written code.Varun explains how nation-state actors are exploiting defenseless open-source repositories, how AI agents invent open-source libraries, why super intelligent m

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  • agents