# C1

> C1, formerly ConductorOne, sells identity security software that connects to enterprise applications, maps who and what can reach them, and automates access requests, reviews, revocation, and controls for AI agents. Founded in 2020 by former Okta colleagues Alex Bovee and Paul Querna, it has expanded from human access governance to an identity control plane for employees, workloads, and autonomous software.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Alex Bovee (Co-founder and CEO), Paul Querna (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Access Reviews, Baton, C1 Identity Governance, AI Access Management, C1 Autonomous Worker
- **Notable:** C1 says it manages millions of identities across its platform., Brex says it processed 50,000 access requests through C1 and used Terraform to add 400 entitlements in two days., Instacart reports moving privileged access to automated, policy-based just-in-time access.

## Products & services

- **Access Reviews** — Automated campaigns for reviewing and remediating application and infrastructure permissions.
- **Baton** — Open-source connector toolkit for extracting and changing identity and permission data across applications.
- **C1 Identity Governance** — Lifecycle management, self-service requests, just-in-time access, and compliance reviews.
- **AI Access Management** — Governed access to AI tools, agents, and MCP connections.
- **C1 Autonomous Worker** — Governed AI agent that can perform identity administration and audit tasks with approval controls.
- **Agent Runtime Governance** — Identity-aware gateway that evaluates and records agent tool calls against policy.

## Achievements

- C1 says it manages millions of identities across its platform.
- Brex says it processed 50,000 access requests through C1 and used Terraform to add 400 entitlements in two days.
- Instacart reports moving privileged access to automated, policy-based just-in-time access.
- Zscaler reports a 60% reduction in help desk provisioning tickets.
- C1 announced EU data residency in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Launched EU tenant data residency, hosted in AWS Frankfurt with disaster recovery in Ireland.
- **2026-07** — Introduced shadow AI discovery, agent runtime governance, and identity risk remediation capabilities.
- **2026-06** — Launched C1 Autonomous Worker and announced enterprise-managed authorization for MCP.
- **2026-04** — Rebranded from ConductorOne to C1 and joined the Wiz Integration Network.

## Links

- Website: https://www.c1.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/c1-ai/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ConductorOneInc
- GitHub: https://github.com/ConductorOne
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@C1-ai-inc

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Last updated: 2026-09-29