When App Store prices collapsed, two former college roommates changed who they charged. Their company now builds the apps behind airline journeys, fashion loyalty programs, and connected machines.
Strata Identity is a Boulder, Colorado cybersecurity company that pioneered the category of Identity Orchestration. Its Maverics platform lets enterprises connect any application to any identity provider - on-premises or cloud - without rewriting code, so they can migrate off legacy systems, survive identity outages, and govern access for both humans and AI agents. Founded in 2019 by SAML co-author Eric Olden and two fellow identity veterans, Strata raised more than $40 million and was acquired by data-security firm Rubrik in June 2026.
WAi Technologies is a Santa Clara-based digital engineering and AI services company that helps enterprises modernize legacy .NET applications and ship software faster. As a long-standing Microsoft partner, it pairs Azure, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform expertise with its own product line: the open-source Raaghu Design System and AI Pundit, an AI toolchain that converts Figma designs into production-ready front-end code. Its current bet is 'spec-driven' AI delivery - keeping humans in control of strategy while AI does the building.