# Alex Bovee

> Alex Bovee is co-founder and CEO of C1, formerly ConductorOne, an enterprise identity platform for people and AI agents. A former product leader at Lookout and Okta, he founded the company with Paul Querna in 2020 and hosts the All Aboard podcast. C1 announced a $79 million Series B in October 2025 and signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Workday in October 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at C1
- **Organizations:** C1 (formerly ConductorOne), Okta, Lookout, Accel
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Cornell University, MBA, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded ConductorOne, now C1, with Paul Querna in 2020., Led authentication, security, privileged access management and Zero Trust product work at Okta., Became Accel’s first virtual entrepreneur in residence in 2020.

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Graduated from Cornell University with an engineering bachelor’s degree.
- **2008–2010** — Studied for an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
- **2010–2015** — Held product management leadership roles at Lookout, working on enterprise device security.
- **2015–2020** — Held product leadership roles at Okta, including Senior Director of Product Management for Zero Trust and Security.
- **2020** — Joined Accel as an entrepreneur in residence in August; co-founded ConductorOne with former Okta colleague Paul Querna later that year.
- **2021** — ConductorOne announced a $5 million seed round led by Accel on April 5.
- **2023** — Hosted All Aboard, a podcast about IT, security, and product building.
- **2025** — Company announced a $79 million Series B led by Greycroft on October 28.
- **2026** — Announced the C1.ai rebrand on April 6 and a definitive agreement for Workday to acquire C1.ai on October 13.

## Achievements

- Co-founded ConductorOne, now C1, with Paul Querna in 2020.
- Led authentication, security, privileged access management and Zero Trust product work at Okta.
- Became Accel’s first virtual entrepreneur in residence in 2020.
- Led C1 through a $79 million Series B announced in October 2025.
- Co-founded the company that signed a definitive acquisition agreement with Workday in October 2026; closing was expected in Workday’s fiscal fourth quarter ending January 31, 2027, subject to customary conditions.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 13, announced that C1.ai had signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Workday. Workday expected closing in its fiscal fourth quarter ending January 31, 2027, subject to customary conditions.
- **2026-10** — Listed as a speaker on an October 29 Agentic AI Summit panel in Boston about agent autonomy and control; the event was still upcoming as of October 23.
- **2026-08** — Published an essay proposing runtime authorization for AI-agent actions.
- **2026-06** — Explained the addition of usage-based Flex pricing alongside Platform pricing.
- **2026-04** — Announced the change from ConductorOne to C1.ai on April 6.

## Links

- Website: https://www.c1.ai/authors/alex
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbovee/

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