Luke Hinds

Trailblazer
DISC Type : DI

Founder at Stealth Startup

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Luke Hinds is a globally recognized leader in open source, cybersecurity, and AI, currently founding a stealth startup. He is the creator of Sigstore, a transformative technology for software supply chain security used by Google, Nvidia, and GitHub. Colleagues describe him as dedicated, innovative, and a highly competent technical lead.

He has a keen interest in the future of AI, specifically in agent security and the rise of Small Language Models (SLMs). He recently appeared on the cover of Red Hats research magazine to discuss these topics, much to the amusement of his children.

Unique fact: His open-source project, Sigstore, protects billions of software artifacts worldwide, while another project, Bandit, averages 2-3 million downloads a week.

Personality Overview

Friendly But Fast

Achievement-Oriented

Charismatic

They are charming and have the ability to align others behind their decisions.  They respond better to a combination of speed and relationship. They like to keep things under control.

Topics They Care About

AI Agent Security
He is actively discussing AI red team applications and the security vulnerabilities of AI agents, as highlighted in a recent magazine feature and his posts.
Open Source Innovation
As the creator of the industry-standard Sigstore and the popular tool Bandit, he has a distinguished career dedicated to building complex open-source ecosystems.
Small Language Models
He believes SLMs will transform the AI ecosystem in the same way containers revolutionized compute, highlighting their efficiency and composability.

Media Appearances

Luke has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2025
Founder at Stealth Startup
7-2020 - 6-2025
Project Founder at sigstore
5-2023 - 5-2025
Co-founder and CTO at stacklok
3-2023 - 1-2024
OpenSSF Board Member (SCIR) at OpenSSF
11-2020 - 3-2023
Member of the Technical Advisory Council at OpenSSF

Education

Luke has no verified education history

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