Artificial intelligence-native identity security platform startup Opti Inc. revealed today that it raised $20 million in new funding to accelerate product expansion and global growth.

Founded in 2024, Opti aims to bring an AI-native identity security platform to enterprise organizations. The company’s platform targets what many enterprises struggle with: managing the complexity of identity, access, entitlements and permission relationships across cloud and hybrid environments.

The platform uses domain-trained AI models, including large language models tailored for identity contexts, to interpret the language of entitlements, policies and access rights. The result transforms manual, siloed identity governance workflows into continuous automation, according to the company.

Opti’s solution offers real-time visibility and analysis of identity and access relationships. The platform can map how users, services and systems are connected, detect overprivileged access or identity drift and surface contextually rich risk insights rather than just raw logs.

The platform also automates remediation and enforcement actions to allow organizations to recommend or even enforce least-privilege access and continuously govern access without slowing down business operations. The idea is to move from ticket-driven identity and access management to an autonomous, policy-aware identity layer.

“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,” said co-founder and Chief Executive Barak Perelman. “Opti gives them an intelligence layer that elevates and automates their capabilities, making identity operations faster, clearer and safer.”

Opti’s customer base includes large enterprises across finance, retail, healthcare and technology, sectors where identity context, risk reduction and continuous compliance are mission-critical.

The $20 million seed round was led by YL Ventures Ltd., Mayfield Fund Management and Hetz Ventures, with Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe Management Ltd., Maple Capital and angel investor Shlomo Kramer also participating.

“Opti’s AI-native IAM platform introduces a smarter, faster and more efficient way to manage and mitigate identity risk,” said Yoav Leitersdorf, managing partner at YL Ventures. “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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