Sid Sijbrandij — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-founder & Executive Chair at GitLab Inc. (NASDAQ: GTLB), an AI-powered DevSecOps platform with over 30 million registered users.
General Partner at Open Core Ventures and Even One Ventures, investing in open-core companies.
Co-founder of Kilo Code.
Led GitLab through Y Combinator’s Winter 2015 batch.
Recognized by Forbes as one of the “top business minds of the pandemic” for spreading the gospel of remote work.
Holds an M.S. in Management Science from the University of Twente.
Serves as President and Director of the Sijbrandij Foundation and Board Member of the GitLab Foundation.

Biography

Sid Sijbrandij is the Co-founder and Executive Chair of GitLab Inc., a comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform. He previously served as CEO of GitLab from 2012 to 2024. Under his leadership, GitLab's single application has grown to serve an estimated 30 million registered users, helping organizations deliver software faster and more efficiently while strengthening security and compliance.