Fast-Scaling Startups Outrun License Compliance as AI Accelerates Development Velocity

Corgi's code-copying dispute with Papermark surfaced a structural vulnerability: teams shipping faster via AI assistance often lack formal license-scanning tooling to audit dependencies from GitHub. Engineering organisations without solutions like FOSSA or GitHub dependency review now face mounting exposure to liability as source-available licences like Elastic License 2.0 proliferate. The gap between development speed and compliance diligence is widening industry-wide.