# AuthZed

> AuthZed builds authorization infrastructure for applications and AI systems. Its open-source SpiceDB database models permissions as relationships; managed Cloud and Dedicated services, enterprise builds and expert support turn that engine into a commercial business.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Jake Moshenko (CEO and co-founder), Joey Schorr (CTO and co-founder), Jimmy Zelinskie (CPO and co-founder)
- **Products:** SpiceDB, AuthZed Dedicated, AuthZed Materialize, AuthZed Cloud, SpiceDB Enterprise
- **Notable:** Joined Y Combinator Winter 2021., Released SpiceDB as open source in 2021., Reported $15.9 million total funding at its June 2024 Series A.

## Products & services

- **SpiceDB** — Apache-2.0 open-source, Zanzibar-inspired database for relationship-based permissions, with schema validation and permission-query APIs.
- **AuthZed Dedicated** — Managed, single-tenant authorization infrastructure with private networking, multi-region options and premium support.
- **AuthZed Materialize** — Precomputes expensive permission relationships and maintains permission views; entered early access in 2024 and became generally available for Dedicated Cloud in September 2026.
- **AuthZed Cloud** — Self-service managed SpiceDB with resource-based billing and workload isolation.
- **SpiceDB Enterprise** — Commercial self-hosted builds adding scoped API access, audit logging and embargoed security fixes; distributed rate limiting is in technical preview.
- **AuthZed Support** — Paid help with schema design, architecture review, onboarding and operational response commitments.

## Achievements

- Joined Y Combinator Winter 2021.
- Released SpiceDB as open source in 2021.
- Reported $15.9 million total funding at its June 2024 Series A.
- Turo’s customer story reports an accidental global rollout at eight times expected traffic without a SpiceDB incident.
- Zoom’s published customer story reports permission checks below 50 milliseconds.
- Materialize became generally available for Dedicated Cloud on September 10, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Materialize reached general availability for Dedicated Cloud on September 10.
- **2026-07** — The company blog announced a SpiceDB Playground Assistant for schema authoring and permission testing on July 27.
- **2026-07** — Adora Nwodo and Sohan Maheshwar were named Agentic AI Foundation ambassadors on July 9.
- **2026-04** — Composable Schemas reached general availability on April 15.

## Links

- Website: https://authzed.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/authzed/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/authzed
- GitHub: https://github.com/authzed
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFeSgZf0rPqQteiTQNGgTPg

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Last updated: 2026-10-04