# Graham Neray

> Graham Neray co-founded Oso with Sam Scott in 2018 after working in marketing, sales enablement, and as chief of staff at MongoDB. He built the company around application authorization, and increasingly focused on permissions for AI agents. In October 2026, he announced that Oso Cloud had been acquired by Tiny and that Oso team members were joining Temporal to work on agent authorization.

- **Role:** Oso co-founder; joined Temporal to work on authorization for AI agents (October 2026; specific Temporal title not stated)
- **Organizations:** Oso, Temporal, MongoDB, Cartesian
- **Education:** B.A. in Political Science, Brown University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Oso and led its development from an infrastructure-security idea into application authorization software., Led Oso through its announced $8.2 million Series A in 2021 and $15 million round in 2023., Helped introduce free authorization education through Authorization Academy.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Completed his studies at Brown University; subsequently worked as a business analyst at Cartesian.
- **Before 2018** — Worked at MongoDB in marketing and sales enablement and then as chief of staff to its chief executive; tenure included the Atlas launch and 2017 IPO.
- **2018** — Co-founded Oso with Sam Scott.
- **2021** — Announced an $8.2 million Series A led by Sequoia and the free Authorization Academy.
- **2023** — Announced a $15 million funding round led by Felicis to support Oso’s authorization products.
- **2025** — Introduced Oso Migrate and publicly discussed permissions for AI agents.
- **2026** — Announced Oso Cloud’s acquisition by Tiny and the Oso team’s move to Temporal to build agent authorization.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Oso and led its development from an infrastructure-security idea into application authorization software.
- Led Oso through its announced $8.2 million Series A in 2021 and $15 million round in 2023.
- Helped introduce free authorization education through Authorization Academy.
- Co-published Oso/Cyera research covering 2.4 million workers and 3.6 billion permissions in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Announced Tiny’s acquisition of Oso Cloud and the Oso team’s move to Temporal to accelerate authorization work for AI agents.
- **2026-04** — Published Securing Agents Without Defeating Their Purpose, advocating permissions that narrow dynamically as agents act.
- **2026-03** — Published Oso and Cyera research finding 96% of studied permissions unused over a 90-day window.
- **2026-02** — Published the Least Privilege Manifesto.

## Links

- Website: https://graham.fm/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamneray/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/grahamneray

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