# Alex Salazar

> Alex Salazar is the co-founder and CEO of Arcade.dev, a San Francisco developer-infrastructure company building an action runtime for AI agents. A computer scientist who moved into enterprise sales after the dot-com crash, Salazar previously co-founded authentication API company Stormpath, sold it to Okta, led developer products and new-product work at Okta, and became a partner at Neotribe Ventures before returning to company-building. Arcade emerged from a failed site-reliability-agent concept when Salazar and co-founder Sam Partee discovered that customers cared most about the authorization and tool-calling layer they had built underneath it.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Arcade.dev
- **Organizations:** Arcade.dev, Stormpath, Okta, Neotribe Ventures, IBM, Georgia Institute of Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Education:** BS in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Stormpath, an authentication API company acquired by Okta in 2017., At Okta, led developer products that Arcade's official biography says represented 25% of total bookings and managed a network of more than 5,000 authentication integrations., As an Okta general manager, launched an authentication-focused proxy product that Arcade's official biography says reached $9 million in revenue in its first year.

## Career timeline

- **1998-1999** — Worked as a software developer at El Sitio.
- **1999-2002** — Worked as a software engineer at Neurostar.
- **2002-2007** — Held sales and new-product roles at IBM after entering the job market during the dot-com crash.
- **2007-2009** — Completed an MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- **2011-2017** — Co-founded and led developer authentication company Stormpath as CEO; Okta acquired the company in 2017.
- **2017-2020** — Led developer products, product strategy and new-product introductions at Okta.
- **2020-2023** — Served as a partner at deep-tech firm Neotribe Ventures, focusing on AI and security infrastructure.
- **2023-present** — Co-founded Arcade.dev with Sam Partee and serves as CEO.
- **2025** — Arcade announced a $12 million seed round led by Laude Ventures.
- **2026** — Arcade announced a $60 million Series A led by SYN Ventures, bringing total financing to $72 million.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Stormpath, an authentication API company acquired by Okta in 2017.
- At Okta, led developer products that Arcade's official biography says represented 25% of total bookings and managed a network of more than 5,000 authentication integrations.
- As an Okta general manager, launched an authentication-focused proxy product that Arcade's official biography says reached $9 million in revenue in its first year.
- Co-founded Arcade.dev and raised $72 million in announced seed and Series A financing by June 2026.
- Arcade says its team authored the MCP authorization specification later adopted by Anthropic and major MCP clients and servers.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published essays arguing that MCP is maturing into the common protocol for agents and that agent architecture must address rising token costs.
- **2026-06** — Announced Arcade.dev's $60 million Series A led by SYN Ventures, with strategic investment from Morgan Stanley and Wipro; Jay Leek joined the board.
- **2026-03** — Arcade.dev was named to Wing Venture Capital's 2026 Enterprise Tech 30 list.
- **2025-03** — Arcade.dev announced a $12 million seed round led by Laude Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://www.arcade.dev
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsalazar/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TheMostlyGreat
- GitHub: https://github.com/TheMostlyGreat

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Last updated: 2026-08-17