# PlainID

> PlainID is an Israeli cybersecurity company and the recognized pioneer of Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC). Its authorization platform lets enterprises define, manage, and enforce who can access what across applications, data, APIs, microservices, and - increasingly - AI agents, replacing the tangle of hard-coded access rules scattered across systems with centralized, dynamic, real-time policy decisions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv with a strong New York presence, PlainID has raised roughly $99-100M and serves Fortune 500 organizations across financial services, healthcare, telecom, and government.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Tel Aviv, Israel (with U.S. HQ in New York)
- **Founders:** Oren Ohayon Harel (Co-Founder & CEO), Gal Helemski (Co-Founder & CTO / Chief Innovation & Product Officer), Dmitry Tuchinsky (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~95 employees
- **Products:** PlainID Authorization Platform, Policy 360, Authorizers / Policy Enforcement Points, Agentic AI Authorization, Policy Intelligence
- **Notable:** Recognized pioneer and category leader of Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC)., Raised ~$99-100M in total funding, including a $75M Series C led by Insight Partners., Attracted a strategic investment from SAP.

## Products & services

- **PlainID Authorization Platform** — A Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC) platform that centralizes authorization decisions across the enterprise, replacing scattered, hard-coded access rules with dynamic, real-time policy enforcement.
- **Policy 360** — A unified interface offering a 360-degree view of every access policy - consolidating logic, metadata, dependencies, and actions so teams can discover, manage, and monitor policies in one place.
- **Authorizers / Policy Enforcement Points** — A set of enforcement components and an Integration Hub that connect the platform to data stores, APIs, microservices, SaaS apps, and identity providers to enforce decisions where interactions happen.
- **Agentic AI Authorization** — Run-time access control for AI agents, including a LangChain Authorizer, RAG security, and MCP control, so LLM-driven agents only access and expose data they are permitted to.
- **Policy Intelligence** — AI-driven analysis of existing authorization data that discovers access patterns and recommends optimized policies.

## Achievements

- Recognized pioneer and category leader of Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC).
- Raised ~$99-100M in total funding, including a $75M Series C led by Insight Partners.
- Attracted a strategic investment from SAP.
- Adopted by Fortune 500 enterprises across regulated industries.
- Reported 300% year-over-year customer growth around its 2020 funding round.
- Extended authorization to agentic AI with a LangChain Authorizer in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — January 2026 platform release adds AI-driven Policy Intelligence, UI/UX updates, and enhancements to the Policy Authorization Agent.
- **2025-11** — Launched Policy 360, delivering a unified, comprehensive view of the full access-policy lifecycle.
- **2025-08** — Shipped the LangChain Authorizer for policy-based security of agentic AI, enforcing access control on LLM agents in real time.

## Links

- Website: https://plainid.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/plainid
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/plainID_authZ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PlainID
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/PlainID/

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Last updated: 2026-07-18