Frequently Asked Questions

Why now?
  • Engineering velocity is accelerating—governance hasn't kept up
  • AI and automation are introducing more risk into workflows
  • Regulators are starting to expect software compliance artifacts
  • Companies want traceable policies, but not the overhead of compliance teams

Warestack gives you policy-level confidence without process-level drag.

How big is the opportunity?

Warestack sits at the intersection of three high-growth markets:

  • DevOps & CI/CD governance — engineering teams now ship code dozens of times a day. Controlling how that code reaches production is no longer optional.
  • AI-enhanced developer tooling — teams want smart assistants that explain, guide, and adapt—not more dashboards.
  • Compliance & audit automation — companies are under pressure to meet internal and external requirements without slowing delivery.

Combined, this creates a $20B+ addressable market with massive whitespace in the governance layer—which today is either ad hoc, tribal, or completely missing.

Expansion potential:

  • Start with engineering orgs (50+ devs, GitHub-native)
  • Expand to compliance, security, and product ops
  • Extend beyond tech: healthcare, finance, logistics—any regulated or risk-sensitive vertical that deploys software

Every organization that pushes code to production needs a way to control it, explain it, and trust it.

Warestack becomes that layer.

What is the job needs to be done (JTBD)?

Ensure every deployment to protected branches (like main or release) follows org policies.

Is this a nice-to-have or a must-have?

If you've ever asked:

"Who pushed that change?"

"Did we skip any checks?"

"Why didn't we catch this earlier?"

Warestack becomes the answer system.

It moves governance from reactive postmortems to proactive visibility.

What makes this unique?

We combine natural language rules, context-awareness, and explainable decisions.

What makes it defensible?
  • Context engine: Reasoning across GitHub, Slack, Calendar, Linear
  • Adaptive rules: Change enforcement behavior by scenario
  • Audit layer: Every decision is explained and logged
  • Rule marketplace: Community patterns drive network effect
  • Reward loop: Leaderboards build internal champions
Why doesn't GitHub already solve this?

If you've ever asked "Who broke this?" or "Was this reviewed?"—yes.

  • Rules are repo-scoped and static
  • There's no context awareness (e.g. urgency, reviewer availability)
  • No visibility post-merge: what happens after code is approved is invisible
  • No centralized insight across repos, teams, or policy evolution
Who's the buyer?

Initial buyer: Platform Engineering / DevOps leads

They feel the daily pain of missed checks, manual audits, and failed accountability.

Expansion buyers:

  • CTOs want visibility and confidence in delivery practices
  • SREs want fewer postmortems
  • Compliance & Security teams want traceability without slowing developers down
How easy is it to adopt?
  • 2-minute GitHub App install
  • Native Slack and Linear integrations
  • No agents, no breaking changes, no pipeline rewrites
  • Our agent proactively surfaces violations, edge cases, and missing rules
What are typical early signs of traction?

From current pilots and interviews, the most common buyer reactions are:

  • "We've been doing this manually for years."
  • "I wish I had this during our last incident."
  • "This helps my team build trust without nagging them."
  • "Our security team will love this."

These moments consistently unlock multi-team adoption.

How do you charge?
  • SaaS pricing per active engineer (typically $15–25/user/month)
  • Enterprise tiers for advanced features like:
    • SOC2-ready audit reports
    • Predictive policy analysis
    • Historical incident mapping
  • Add-ons for policy simulations and the governance assistant (Slack-native)