# Okta

> Okta is a public identity and access management company that provides cloud software for authenticating and governing employees, customers, partners, machines, and AI agents. Its Okta Platform is oriented toward workforce and enterprise controls, while the Auth0 Platform gives developers tools for embedding customer identity into applications. Sold mainly through multi-year subscriptions, Okta serves more than 20,000 organizations and differentiates itself through vendor independence, broad integration coverage, and a platform that spans authentication, lifecycle management, governance, privileged access, and identity threat protection.

- **Founded:** 2009
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Todd McKinnon (Co-founder and CEO), Frederic Kerrest (Co-founder and Vice Chair)
- **Team size:** Approximately 6,400 employees in supplied company data; public LinkedIn lists 5,001-10,000 employees.
- **Products:** Okta Platform, Single Sign-On, Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication, Universal Directory and Lifecycle Management, Auth0 Platform
- **Notable:** Co-founded in 2009 and listed on Nasdaq in 2017 after raising about $187 million in its IPO., Exceeded 20,000 customers by January 31, 2026, including 5,100 customers with more than $100,000 in annual contract value., Built an integration network with more than 7,000 cloud, mobile, web, infrastructure, and security integrations.

## Products & services

- **Okta Platform** — A cloud identity platform for workforce and enterprise use cases, including authentication, access, governance, automation, and threat protection.
- **Single Sign-On** — One login experience for accessing approved cloud, mobile, and on-premises applications.
- **Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication** — Risk-aware authentication that can require additional proof based on context, device, and policy.
- **Universal Directory and Lifecycle Management** — A central identity store plus automated onboarding, role change, and offboarding workflows.
- **Auth0 Platform** — Developer-oriented customer identity APIs, SDKs, and extensibility for adding authentication and authorization to applications.
- **Okta Identity Governance** — Access requests, certifications, reporting, and policy controls for determining who should retain access.
- **Okta Privileged Access** — Controls and records access to sensitive servers, infrastructure, and administrative resources.
- **Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI** — Continuously evaluates identity risk signals and can coordinate response across connected security tools.
- **Okta for AI Agents** — Capabilities to discover, secure, manage, and govern AI-agent identities and their access.
- **Cross App Access** — An authorization approach for controlling AI agent-to-app and app-to-app connections inside an enterprise identity perimeter.

## Achievements

- Co-founded in 2009 and listed on Nasdaq in 2017 after raising about $187 million in its IPO.
- Exceeded 20,000 customers by January 31, 2026, including 5,100 customers with more than $100,000 in annual contract value.
- Built an integration network with more than 7,000 cloud, mobile, web, infrastructure, and security integrations.
- Reported fiscal 2026 revenue of $2.919 billion and GAAP operating income of $149 million.
- Acquired developer identity platform Auth0 in 2021 in a stock transaction valued at approximately $6.5 billion.
- Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Workforce Identity Security Platforms, Q2 2026.
- Okta for US Military received U.S. Department of Defense Impact Level 5 provisional authorization in July 2026.
- Serves two-thirds of the Fortune 100, according to the company.
- Supports large public deployments including roughly 480,000 identities at Hitachi and 340,000 team members at FedEx.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security, adding cloud-native detection and response across human, non-human, and agentic identities; closing remained subject to customary conditions.
- **2026-07** — Announced Agent Gateway, Agent-to-Agent Connections, and Resource Access Certifications for AI Agents to authorize and review agent access at runtime.
- **2026-07** — Okta for US Military received U.S. Department of Defense Impact Level 5 provisional authorization.
- **2026-07** — Published the Okta Enterprise AI Index and Global CISO Insights 2026 as identity security expanded into AI-agent governance.
- **2026-06** — Expanded the Cross App Access ecosystem to more than 25 early adopters for securing agent-to-app and app-to-app connections.
- **2026-06** — Expanded its Google Cloud relationship around AI agents, Chrome session security, and the AI-powered workforce.
- **2026-05** — Reported Q1 fiscal 2027 revenue of $765 million, up 11% year over year, with $271 million in free cash flow.
- **2026-05** — Was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Workforce Identity Security Platforms, Q2 2026.
- **2026-03** — Announced a blueprint for the secure agentic enterprise and emphasized identity as a control plane for AI agents.
- **2026-01** — Announced a $1 billion share repurchase program.

## Links

- Website: https://www.okta.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/okta-inc-
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/okta
- GitHub: https://github.com/okta
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/OktaInc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Okta/

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