Opti, a platform focused on AI-native Identity and Access Management (IAM), has closed a $20 million seed funding round.
The round was led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Hetz Ventures, with contributions from Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe, and Maple Capital. Cybersecurity veteran Shlomo Kramer also participated as an angel investor in the round. This new capital will be directed toward accelerating product development and expanding Opti’s global market presence.
The company is developing an AI engine designed to interpret enterprise access permissions at scale, translating complex identity decisions into actionable, explainable insights for security teams.
Identity security remains a central challenge for organizations, evidenced by the fact that only half of surveyed companies deem their current IAM tools sufficiently effective. This gap is frequently attributed to reliance on manual processes and limited adoption of advanced automation techniques.
Opti introduces an automated operating model for identity security, utilizing proprietary, pre-trained AI models built upon curated identity data and established security frameworks. This approach aims to interpret intricate relationships between users, systems, and entitlements to mitigate identity-based threats efficiently. The platform analyzes extensive data points alongside their business context to immediately detect identity vulnerabilities and instances of overprivileged access.
Furthermore, Opti generates validated recommendations for implementing least privilege principles, a critical step in modern risk management protocols.
Competitors in the identity security space often struggle with fragmented and legacy systems that demand constant manual intervention.
Opti seeks to displace these older architectures by offering an agentic technology that orchestrates access corrections while maintaining necessary human oversight throughout the process. The financial backing suggests investor confidence in AI-driven solutions addressing foundational security weaknesses. This trend is visible elsewhere in the ecosystem, considering that SailPoint, a long-standing IAM provider, also announced substantial strategic investments last quarter, underscoring investor appetite for identity modernization.
Opti’s architecture is engineered to handle the complexities inherent in large enterprise infrastructures across finance, healthcare, and retail sectors where stringent compliance and continuous risk reduction are mandatory requirements. The company projects its automated framework will substantially reduce operational overhead and inherent security risk associated with managing user access.
