In an era where digital identities are multiplying exponentially, managing access and privileges has become a critical and overwhelming challenge for enterprise security teams. Legacy identity and access management (IAM) tools, often manual and fragmented, are failing to keep pace, leaving organizations exposed to significant vulnerabilities. This funding round will fuel Opti's mission to redefine this landscape with its intelligent, automated platform.
Opti, an AI-native identity security platform, has raised $20 million in a seed funding round.
The investment was led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Hetz Ventures, with participation from other notable firms and angel investors.
The capital will accelerate product development and expand Opti's global market presence.
The platform uses pre-trained, domain-expert LLMs to fully automate identity risk interpretation and access orchestration.
It provides real-time detection of identity vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and overprivileged access.
Opti is designed for large enterprises in sectors like finance and healthcare where identity risk is mission-critical.
Identity and access management sits at the core of modern cybersecurity, yet only half of organizations rate their IAM tools as effective. This gap is primarily driven by manual processes and a slow adoption of advanced automation. Without this automation, businesses are ill-equipped to manage a growing spectrum of identity-associated vulnerabilities. Research from McKinsey confirms that automation not only improves operational efficiency but also significantly enhances overall risk management, with some studies showing AI can boost threat detection by up to 98%.
Opti introduces a new operating model for identity security, where artificial intelligence interprets risk, recommends least privilege decisions, and orchestrates clean access across the entire enterprise. Its pre-trained AI models are built specifically to understand complex identity context, setting a new benchmark for threat management. By deploying domain-expert Large Language Models trained on curated identity data, Opti can interpret the intricate relationships between users, systems, and access rights.
The platform analyzes thousands of data points to provide real-time detection of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Furthermore, it offers validated least privilege recommendations and uses agentic AI orchestration to continuously verify access corrections with full human oversight, transforming complex entitlements into straightforward user access reviews.
"Identity has evolved into a massive data ecosystem that enterprises struggle to control. Teams work incredibly hard, but they spend their time managing complexity instead of focusing on strategic opportunities," said Barak Perelman, CEO and Co-founder. "Opti gives them an intelligence layer that elevates and automates their capabilities - making identity operations faster, clearer, and safer."
This vision is shared by its investors. Yoav Leitersdorf, Managing Partner at YL Ventures, stated, "Opti is redefining how enterprises approach identity security. For too long, the space has relied on fragmented, manual, and outdated systems. Opti's AI-native IAM platform introduces a smarter, faster, and more efficient way to manage and mitigate identity risk. Their agentic technology delivers measurable impact by reducing complexity, saving resources, and strengthening enterprise defenses. We're proud to back their vision and partner with this exceptional team."
Built for complex identity infrastructures, Opti is already trusted by large enterprises in finance, retail, healthcare, and technology. This substantial seed funding round is a powerful endorsement of its AI-native approach to solving one of cybersecurity's most persistent problems. By automating IAM, Opti empowers organizations to operate more efficiently, securely, and cost-effectively, turning identity security from a manual burden into a strategic advantage.
About Opti
Founded in 2024, Opti is an AI-native platform revolutionizing identity and access management (IAM) for enterprises. Built by serial cybersecurity entrepreneurs Barak Perelman, Mille Gandelsman, and Ido Trivizki, it uses advanced GenAI and specialized large language models (LLMs) to automate identity operations, reduce security risks, and enhance compliance. Opti empowers organizations to work more efficiently, more securely, and more cost-effectively.
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