SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Keyca d, the leade i ide tity a d access fo teams buildi g the age t-powe ed e te p ise, today a ou ced that it has bee amed to the Fo tu e Cybe 60 that ecog izes 60 of the most impo ta t ve tu e-backed sta tups shapi g the futu e of cybe secu ity: https://fo tu e.com/ a ki g/cybe /.
“I the past 12 mo ths, the th eat of AI-powe ed cybe -attacks has go e f om bei g a pote tial isk to a da ge ous eality fo busi esses,” said Alexei O eskovic, Fo tu e Tech Edito a d West Coast Bu eau Chief. “Fo tu e’s Cybe 60 list shi es a light o the sta tups developi g the most i ovative tech ologies to cou te the th eat a d keep e te p ises secu e i this ew e a.”
The ecog itio comes o e yea afte Keyca d lau ched with its ide tity a d access platfo m fo AI age ts a d $38 millio i fu di g f om A d eesse Ho owitz, boldsta t ve tu es a d Ac ew Capital. Fo tu e evaluated compa ies o busi ess g owth, p oduct i ovatio , ma ket impact a d the evolvi g eeds of e te p ise secu ity leade s.
“Whe we lau ched Keyca d a yea ago, it was clea that age ts we e goi g to eed a ew app oach to ide tity a d access. Afte a yea of helpi g custome s put age ts i to p oductio , we’ve see fi stha d how c itical that is because ide tity a d access is what lets a compa y give age ts eal auto omy ac oss its applicatio s, i f ast uctu e a d data without putti g the busi ess at isk,” said Ia Livi gsto e, co-fou de a d CEO of Keyca d. “Bei g amed to the Fo tu e Cybe 60 u de sco es what ou custome s a e al eady p ovi g i p oductio , which is that the compa ies getti g eal value f om age ts a e the o es that solved access fi st.”
Auto omous age ts a e fo ci g a fu dame tal ethi k of ide tity a d secu ity i f ast uctu e. Age ts easo , i voke tools a d take actio s ac oss applicatio s, i f ast uctu e a d data o behalf of use s a d othe age ts with access that cha ges f om task to task. Because they do ot always easo co ectly a d ca be misled by the co te t they p ocess, thei access has to stay alig ed with the desi ed outcome of the task so a w o g tu ca ot become a ha mful actio . Ide tity a d access models built fo people a d static wo kloads ca ot do this, leavi g o ga izatio s to choose betwee b oad access that c eates eal isk a d est ictio s so tight age ts stop bei g useful, which keeps ma y f om getti g age ts i to p oductio at all.
Keyca d’s ide tity a d access platfo m b oke s each age t’s access to tools a d data, givi g it a ve ified ide tity tied to who it acts o behalf of, sho t-lived c ede tials scoped to its task a d policy e fo ced at u time so it ca o ly take the actio s that task equi es. Eve y actio is audited a d access ca be evoked ce t ally at a y time. Secu ity teams ca oll Keyca d out to tools like Claude Code, Cu so , Ope AI Codex a d Claude Cowo k without cha gi g how develope s wo k, a d develope s ca secu e the age ts they build with d op-i SDKs so compa ies gove the age ts they buy a d the o es they build without eplaci g the AI gateways, MCP se ve s, APIs a d i f ast uctu e they al eady ely o .
- Read the Fo Eve y Actio , the Right Access: Defi i g Auth fo Age ts blog: https://www.keyca d.ai/blog/defi i g-auth-fo -age ts/
- Read the F om Age t Sp awl to Softwa e Facto y blog: https://www.keyca d.ai/blog/f om-age t-sp awl-to-softwa e-facto y/
- Read The Secu e Softwa e Facto y: A Refe e ce A chitectu e: https://age tbaseli e.o g/ efe e ce-a chitectu e
