# Opal Security

> Opal Security is an AI-native identity and access governance platform that gives enterprises real-time visibility and direct control over every identity - employees, service accounts, and AI agents alike. Founded in 2020 in San Francisco, Opal replaces stale, checkbox-style access reviews with policy-as-code and just-in-time access so organizations can enforce least privilege at scale instead of merely auditing it after the fact.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Umaimah Khan (Co-Founder (CEO 2020-2025, MIT mathematics & computer science, ex-DARPA, Collective Health, Amplitude)), Stephen Cobbe (Co-Founder (former software engineer at Dropbox))
- **Team size:** 62 employees
- **Products:** Just-in-Time Access, AI-Powered Access Reviews, Programmable Governance, Access Intelligence, Security for AI Agents
- **Notable:** Raised $59M total across seed, Series A, Series B, and a 2026 extension, Grew ARR 4x between Series A (2022) and Series B (2023), Adopted by Databricks, Figma, Scale AI, Blend, Mercari, and Superhuman

## Products & services

- **Just-in-Time Access** — Grants time-boxed, ephemeral access on request and revokes it automatically, eliminating standing privilege.
- **AI-Powered Access Reviews** — Automates user access reviews with risk scoring so reviewers act on real signals instead of rubber-stamping spreadsheets.
- **Programmable Governance** — Policy-as-code and birthright policies that codify who should have access to what, enforced continuously.
- **Access Intelligence** — Real-time visibility and mapping of identities, entitlements, and risk across cloud and on-prem systems.
- **Security for AI Agents** — Extends the same access reviews, ownership, and policy controls to non-human and agentic AI identities.

## Achievements

- Raised $59M total across seed, Series A, Series B, and a 2026 extension
- Grew ARR 4x between Series A (2022) and Series B (2023)
- Adopted by Databricks, Figma, Scale AI, Blend, Mercari, and Superhuman
- Recruited veteran CEO Howard Ting (Cyberhaven, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Redis) in December 2025
- Among the first IAM platforms to extend governance to agentic AI identities

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Raised $23M led by Greylock and Battery Ventures (Cambium Capital participating) and appointed five senior leaders to unify governance across human, non-human, and agentic AI identities; total funding reaches $59M.
- **2025-12** — Appointed Howard Ting (ex-Cyberhaven, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Redis) as Chief Executive Officer.
- **2023-12** — Closed $22M Series B led by Battery Ventures with Greylock and Box Group.

## Links

- Website: https://opal.dev
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/opalsecurity
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/opal_sec
- GitHub: https://github.com/opalsecurity

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Last updated: 2026-06-08