Opti, an AI-native identity security platform, has raised $20 million in seed funding in a round led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund and Hetz Ventures, with participation from Squared Circle Ventures, Maple Capital and angel investor and cybersecurity pioneer Shlomo Kramer. The company said the investment will support product expansion and global growth.
Identity and access management sits at the center of enterprise cybersecurity, yet only about half of organizations rate their IAM tools as effective because of manual processes and limited automation. Without automation, companies struggle to manage the growing volume and complexity of identity-related vulnerabilities.
Research from McKinsey shows that automation in cybersecurity increases efficiency and improves risk management. Additional studies focused on critical infrastructure environments show that AI can improve threat detection by up to 98%. Opti aims to apply these advances to identity security with a fully automated platform designed to cut costs, save time and reduce risk.
Opti proposes a new operating model for identity security, one in which AI interprets identity risk, recommends least-privilege decisions and orchestrates safe access across the enterprise. Its pretrained AI models are built to understand identity context, setting what the company describes as a new standard for managing identity-based threats. The platform uses domain-expert large language models, trained on curated identity data and industry frameworks, to map relationships between users, systems and access rights.
“Identity has evolved into a massive data ecosystem that enterprises struggle to control,” said Barak Perelman, Opti’s CEO and co-founder. “Teams work incredibly hard, but they are managing complexity instead of focusing on strategic opportunities. Opti gives them an intelligence layer that elevates and automates their capabilities, making identity operations faster, clearer and safer.”
“Opti is redefining how enterprises approach identity security,” said Yoav Leitersdorf, managing partner at YL Ventures. “For too long, the space has relied on fragmented, manual and outdated systems. Opti’s AI-native IAM platform offers a smarter and more efficient way to manage and mitigate identity risk. Their technology reduces complexity, saves resources and strengthens enterprise defenses.”
Opti’s platform analyzes thousands of identity-related data points and their business context to give security teams real-time visibility into vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and excessive access. It provides validated least-privilege recommendations generated by identity-specific models. Its agentic AI orchestration continuously verifies access corrections with full human oversight, and its compliance models turn access and entitlement data into straightforward user access reviews.
Built for large and complex identity infrastructures, Opti is already used by enterprises in finance, retail, healthcare and technology sectors where identity context, risk reduction and continuous compliance are essential.
Founded in 2024 by cybersecurity entrepreneurs Barak Perelman, Mille Gandelsman and Ido Trivizki, Opti uses generative AI and specialized large language models to automate identity operations, reduce exposure to security risks and support compliance efforts. The company says its platform helps organizations operate more efficiently, more securely and more cost-effectively.