Opti, an AI-native identity security platform founded in 2024, has raised a $20m seed round led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund and Hetz Ventures, with participation from Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe, Maple Capital and angel investor Shlomo Kramer.
The company, launched by serial cybersecurity entrepreneurs, focuses on transforming identity and access management (IAM) through automation and advanced AI.
The launch of Opti’s AI-driven platform stems from organisations’ ongoing struggles with manual, fragmented and outdated IAM processes. With just 50% of businesses rating their IAM tools as effective, the company aims to address identity-linked vulnerabilities exacerbated by limited automation.
Opti specialises in automating identity and access management for large enterprises. Using advanced GenAI, domain-specific LLMs and deep identity context modelling, the company supports risk reduction, operational efficiency and continuous compliance. The platform was built to interpret complex relationships between users, access rights, systems and applications.
The firm’s AI-native solution provides real-time detection of identity vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and overprivileged access. It generates validated least privilege recommendations using pre-trained models designed to understand identity context, while its agentic AI orchestration verifies and executes access corrections with full human oversight.
Opti CEO and co-founder Barak Perelman said, “Identity has evolved into a massive data ecosystem that enterprises struggle to control. Teams work incredibly hard, but they spend their time managing complexity instead of focusing on strategic opportunities. Opti gives them an intelligence layer that elevates and automates their capabilities – making identity operations faster, clearer, and safer.”
YL Ventures managing partner Yoav Leitersdorf said, “Opti is redefining how enterprises approach identity security. For too long, the space has relied on fragmented, manual, and outdated systems.
“Opti’s AI-native IAM platform introduces a smarter, faster, and more efficient way to manage and mitigate identity risk. Their agentic technology delivers measurable impact by reducing complexity, saving resources, and strengthening enterprise defenses. We’re proud to back their vision and partner with this exceptional team.”
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