# Crash Override

> Crash Override is the Data Plane for Software in the AI Era. We monitor human and agent activity on the desktop, perform deep build inspection on every artifact, tag everything with cryptographic provenance, and track it as it beacons back from production. True code to cloud.

## What We Do

Crash Override gives engineering teams end-to-end visibility from the developer's desktop through the build to every running container in production. Our platform has four core capabilities:

- **Monitor**: We monitor human and agent activity on the desktop — before code even hits the build.
- **Inspect**: Deep build inspection — we run inside the black box, inspecting every layer of every artifact.
- **Tag**: Cryptographic tagging — a deterministic flight record embedded into every build artifact.
- **Track**: AirTag provenance — artifacts beacon back from production, reporting where they are and what's in them.

No false positives. Build systems don't hallucinate.

## Key Products

- **Chalk**: Open-source code provenance and tagging engine (GPL licensed). The foundation the Crash Override platform builds on.
- **Ocular**: Open-source policy and runtime scanner for Kubernetes and containers (GPL licensed). [ocularproject.io](https://ocularproject.io)
- **Crash Override Platform**: Adds deep build inspection, desktop monitoring, production beaconing, and enterprise policy controls on top of Chalk.

## Use Cases

- **AI Code Traceability**: Know exactly what an agent wrote, when, and where it's running now.
- **Software Compliance**: True SBOM generation, full SLSA provenance, internal standards — audit evidence built in at build time.
- **Incident Response**: End-to-end provenance, change ledger, production replication, code ownership — you already have the answer when something breaks.

## Company Details

- **Founded by**: Mark Curphey (OWASP founder, SourceClear/Veracode) and John Viega (AES-GCM inventor, Capsule8/Sophos)
- **Funded by**: Syn Ventures, Google Ventures
- **Business model**: Enterprise platform.
- **Target users**: IC developers and security engineers (adopt), engineering leaders and CISOs (purchase).

## Links

- [Homepage](https://crashoverride.com/)
- [Product Overview](https://crashoverride.com/product)
- [Use Cases](https://crashoverride.com/use-cases)
- [Blog](https://crashoverride.com/blog)
- [Documentation](https://crashoverride.com/docs)
- [Open Source](https://crashoverride.com/open-source)
- [About](https://crashoverride.com/about)
- [Contact](https://crashoverride.com/contact)

## Optional

- [Chalk OSS Project](https://crashoverride.com/open-source/engine)
- [Ocular OSS Project](https://crashoverride.com/open-source/policy-dsl)
- [Innovation Lab](https://crashoverride.com/innovation-lab)
- [Knowledge Base](https://crashoverride.com/resources/knowledge-base)
- [Careers](https://crashoverride.com/careers)
- [Events](https://crashoverride.com/events)
- [Full LLM context](https://crashoverride.com/llms-full.txt)