By PR Newswire
Publication Date: 2026-05-28 10:00:00
Project Lightwell establishes a trusted enterprise clearinghouse for open source software with a new AI-driven model to secure the software supply chain
ARMONK, NY, May 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat announced today Project Lightwell, a $5 billion commitment backed by new AI capabilities and a global force of more than 20,000 engineers to help companies secure open source software. Together, these investments create a new model for enterprise-wide use of open source software, from upstream development to production environments.
Project Lightwell will establish a trusted enterprise clearinghouse combined with a global team of engineers to identify and remediate vulnerabilities at scale. The Clearinghouse will act as a security coordination layer and leverage advanced AI capabilities to validate and test fixes for an unprecedented amount of open source code. These features are offered through commercial…