Co-Founder and Executive Chair - GitLab
Sid Sijbrandij is the Co-founder and Executive Chair of GitLab Inc., the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform. He also served as CEO from 2012-2024. A pioneer of open-core companies and new models of entrepreneurship, Sid has built numerous companies through Open Core Ventures, where he is the General Partner. As President and Director of the Sijbrandij Foundation, Sid has launched initiatives to improve and reimagine how we approach issues such as cancer treatment, clean energy, city development, and how we engage with both art and technology. He is also a Board Member of the GitLab Foundation.
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GitLab co-founder Sid Sijbrandij reveals how big art is a major catalyst that can grow early cities. Most new cities fail while they are small and there is too little interest to move there. Social media photos are the new passport stamps, serving as the stories people share of places that excite them. Striking, large-scale artwork offers visual intrigue—and the most cost-effective marketing. Neighborhoods become more desirable when artists live there. Let artists help make new cities the hot places to live.