# Veza

> Veza is an identity security company that helps enterprises understand and control who can take what action on what data. Its patented Access Graph maps permissions across cloud platforms, SaaS apps, data systems, and infrastructure for human, machine, and AI identities, letting organizations enforce least privilege, automate access reviews, and govern non-human and AI-agent identities. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in the California Bay Area, Veza agreed to be acquired by ServiceNow in a deal announced December 2025.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Los Gatos, California, United States
- **Founders:** Tarun Thakur (Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman), Maohua Lu (Co-Founder & CTO), Rob Whitcher (Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer)
- **Team size:** ~260 employees (2025-2026); ~190+ reported at April 2025 Series D
- **Products:** Access Graph, Access Search, Access Visibility, Access Intelligence, Access Monitoring
- **Notable:** Named to the Fortune Cyber 60 three consecutive years (2024, 2025, 2026), Frost Radar Non-Human Identity Solutions 2025 - named a Leader, Rising in Cyber 2024 (CISO-voted, Notable Capital)

## Products & services

- **Access Graph** — Patented core that ingests and maps authorization metadata across systems to show the true relationships between identities and the resources they can access.
- **Access Search** — Query permission relationships across hundreds of systems via natural language or REST API to answer who can access what.
- **Access Visibility** — Surfaces who has access to what across cloud, SaaS, and data systems to eliminate access blind spots.
- **Access Intelligence** — Analytics that flag overprivileged, dormant, and risky access and recommend right-sizing to least privilege.
- **Access Monitoring** — Tracks not just who can access resources but who actually has, so unused entitlements can be trimmed.
- **Next-Gen IGA / Access Reviews & Workflows** — Automates risk-prioritized access certification campaigns and access request/approval workflows.
- **Lifecycle Management** — Automatically grants and revokes access on join/move/leave events, with dry-run to prevent policy violations.
- **Access AI** — Generative-AI assistant that lets teams investigate and remediate identity risk through a chat interface.
- **Non-Human Identity (NHI) Security** — Dedicated product to discover and govern service accounts, secrets, keys, and workloads.
- **AI Agent Security / Access Agents** — Identity control plane and purpose-built AI agents to secure and govern AI agents at enterprise scale.

## Achievements

- Named to the Fortune Cyber 60 three consecutive years (2024, 2025, 2026)
- Frost Radar Non-Human Identity Solutions 2025 - named a Leader
- Rising in Cyber 2024 (CISO-voted, Notable Capital)
- CRN 2024 Top Stellar Startups
- SOC 2 Type 2 certified
- 100% Willingness to Recommend on Gartner Peer Insights for IGA (Dec 2024)

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Launched Access AI, a generative-AI assistant for investigating and remediating identity risk.
- **2025-04** — Raised $108M Series D led by NEA at an $808M valuation, with Snowflake, Workday, and Atlassian venture arms joining.
- **2025-06** — Launched a dedicated Non-Human Identity (NHI) Security product.
- **2025-12** — Announced AI Agent Security at the Gartner IAM Summit and, days earlier, a definitive agreement to be acquired by ServiceNow.
- **2026-02** — Introduced native Access Agents (Prompt, Search, and Review agents) for the AI-driven enterprise.

## Links

- Website: https://veza.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/veza
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vezainc

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Last updated: 2026-07-17