Lorenc: Customers rejected Chainguard Enforce because it made developer jobs harder
Dan Lorenc · He quit Google with no startup idea, raised $50M from Sequoia with no revenue— & grew to 8 figure... · PMF Show · Oct 11, 2024 · at 12:22
Chainguard CEO Dan Lorenc explains the failure of their early product, Chainguard Enforce, which enforced software development guardrails.
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“Nobody wanted to roll this thing out because it made developers jobs harder. And it was like, that's kind of the entire point is making jobs harder. Of course, nobody wants to roll this thing out.”
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