There's a moment every developer knows intimately, that sinking feeling when a production system goes down because an API key expired, a database credential was rotated without notice, or worse, a secret leaked into a public repository. It's the kind of invisible infrastructure failure that can bring down million-dollar systems in minutes, yet it rarely gets the attention it deserves until everything breaks.
This is the exact problem that drove Vlad Matsiiako to start Infisical. "If secrets aren't there, then it's just not possible for software to run," Matsiiako explained in a recent interview with Fortune. It's a deceptively simple statement about something foundational to every piece of modern software, the API keys, database credentials, and certificates that serve as digital handsh
“Secrets Are Foundational To Software,” says Infisical CEO
- By Upasana Banerjee
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Infisical just announced a $16 million Series A funding round led by Elad Gil
