Wiz CTO discusses the security crisis facing legacy internet code and the impact of AI

TechCrunch Equity podcast invites Tomer Schwartz, CTO of Wiz (a Google company), to review the patching process for two critical PHP vulnerabilities last week. The language powers approximately 70% of websites, with some sites forced offline as a result. He discusses his collaboration experience with OpenAI, Calif, and the PHP team, noting that AI has accelerated the speed at which vulnerabilities are discovered and exploited. He also explains why manual patching cannot scale and how startups can build systems securely.