How Upwork Eliminated its Remediation Backlog Without a Runaway GenAI Bill

Upwork, the world’s human and AI-powered work marketplace, used Gomboc to close cloud security gaps across hundreds of repositories without slowing engineers down or replacing the GenAI tools they already rely on.

“Instead of reviewing alerts, our engineers reviewed fixes. That shift saved weeks of manual work while improving consistency and security.”

- Shawn Chakravarty, Sr. Director of Active Defense, Upwork

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What Makes Gomboc Different

From Findings to Fixes — The Governance and Memory Layer for GenAI-Accelerated Remediation

Gomboc focuses on outcomes: correct, merge-ready fixes that engineers can trust. Powered by the ORL execution engine, Gomboc complements the GenAI tools your team already uses and converts issues and policy guardrails into deterministic fixes delivered directly in code, and remembers every solution it generates so it never has to pay to solve the same problem twice.

Every remediation follows a controlled execution path. No hallucinated code. No guesswork. No fix paid for twice. Over 94% of Gomboc's pull requests are accepted as-is and delivered through Git workflows, enabling continuous remediation without slowing delivery.

Automation Flow

Fix Without Breaking Flow

Gomboc executes cloud security remediation directly inside your existing development workflow, alongside the GenAI tools your developers already use. When a reusable remediation policy exists, Gomboc delivers a contextual fix in seconds with no token spend, packaged as a pull request ready for review, merge, and deployment. When the scenario is new, the ORL execution engine creates the remediation policy agentically and stores it for reuse across future repos and pipelines.
 
No tickets to chase. No vague GenAI recommendations to decipher. No tokens burned, re-solving what we already know.

Remediate.

Reclaim.

Repeat.

Gomboc’s deterministic AI delivers the industry’s most accurate fixes, far beyond the basic, single-file solutions. Gomboc analyzes your entire architecture and context to apply precise, project-wide fixes that actually work.

How Gomboc Works

Workflow Visualization

Misconfiguration Identified 

Cloud or IaC issues are detected through existing scanners, policies, or CI/CD checks. ORL evaluates the issue against your architecture, policy guardrails, and security standards to determine the correct remediation path.  

Deterministic Fix Generated 

The ORL engine generates a deterministic, standards-aligned fix that's precisely scoped, context-aware, and ready for production. Where GenAI may suggest a direction, Gomboc delivers the governed, production-ready fix.

Fix Delivered in Code 

The fix is delivered as production-ready code inside your repository, preserving normal engineering workflows.

Review, Merge, Deploy 

Engineers review like any code change. Once merged, it flows through CI/CD, deploys to the cloud, and logs for audit and compliance. ORL ensures every remediation remains deterministic, aligned with policy, and ready for production, regardless of where the issue was first identified.

Why Now?

Misconfigured Cloud Service

The average cost of a cloud data breach is $5.17M. Attackers exploit exposed misconfigurations within hours. Gomboc keeps you ahead of risk by resolving issues before they're breached.

Gomboc ROI

Measurable Impact in

Not Weeks

Measurable

Not Weeks

What Changes When Every Fix Is Codified Once and Reused Forever

Gomboc replaces weeks of manual remediation and the risk of unreviewed GenAI output with deterministic, merge-ready fixes that deliver measurable results from day one.

100% Deterministic,
Standards-Aligned Fixes

Every fix Gomboc generates is accurate and produced the same way every time. No guesswork. No hallucinated code. Just code changes engineers can trust.

94%+ Fix Acceptance Rate, As-Is

The vast majority of Gomboc’s pull requests are merged without modification, reflecting high confidence in both accuracy and relevance.

Pennies per Repeat Fix

Once Gomboc has authored the policy for a scenario, the same fix runs in seconds for a fraction of a cent, without paying full token cost to solve the same remediation pattern again.

MTTR Reduced From Months to Minutes

Automated, merge-ready fixes eliminate long remediation cycles and close security gaps as soon as issues are detected.

50+ Engineering Days Saved per Cloud Workload, Annually

Engineers stop researching, rewriting, and revalidating fixes and spend that time shipping instead.

Coverage That Compounds

Every new scenario Gomboc solves becomes a reusable policy. Your fix library grows automatically, so cost-per-fix keeps dropping the longer you run.

The Impact in Production

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★★★★☆ 3.8 out of 5 (22 reviews)
Julian L.
Effortless Code Validation with Seamless Vscode Setup
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I like the easy setup and integration of Gomboc.AI in Vscode...

Daniel S.
Effortless Security Scanning with Quick PRs
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I like how Gomboc.AI frees up time for me to do more interesting...

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Automated Security Fixes, Slightly Sluggish
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I love that Gomboc.AI is automated and doesn't require much...

Agustin W.
Effortless Setup, Robust Security Aid
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I find that Gomboc.AI makes it a lot easier to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities...

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