Israeli Startup Oak Emerges From Stealth With $60M for AI-Native Identity Platform
Serial entrepreneur Shai Morag's latest venture targets the identity chaos created by autonomous AI agents with a unified control plane already deployed at enterprise clients.
Israeli cybersecurity startup Oak launched Tuesday with $60 million in seed funding and a platform designed to replace fragmented identity management tools with a unified AI-native control plane.
The round was co-led by Accel, CRV, and Greylock Partners, with participation from AlphaDrive Ventures, Hetz Ventures, and angel investors. Oak is generally available and deployed with enterprise clients.
The Identity Problem AI Made Worse
Traditional identity and access management tools were built for human users and static cloud environments. The rise of autonomous AI agents has created what Oak calls a "fragmented identity mess" — enterprises struggle to track which users, machines, or AI agents have access to which applications, creating security vulnerabilities attackers can exploit.
Oak's platform uses an AI connector framework to map access permissions to actual application usage and remove unnecessary permissions in real time, rather than relying on manual, periodic reviews.
"The tools enterprises rely on today were never designed to work together, and adding more products has never solved the problem," said Shai Morag, Oak's CEO and co-founder. "Oak is the platform the industry has needed for twenty years, but couldn't build until now."
A Serial Founder's Fourth Act
Morag is a repeat founder in the cybersecurity space. He previously founded and sold three companies: Integrity-Project to Mellanox, Secdo to Palo Alto Networks, and Ermetic to Tenable for $265 million.
He co-founded Oak with Tal Marom, who serves as chief product officer. The company employs approximately 50 people across offices in Israel and San Francisco.
"Our vision is to be born as a giant," Morag said.
Why Investors Are Betting Big
The size of Oak's seed round and the caliber of its backers signal strong investor confidence in the need for AI-native security infrastructure. The company positions itself not as another identity tool, but as an "Identity Operating System" that governs employees, machines, and AI agents from a single control plane.
The funding comes as enterprises grapple with integrating AI agents into corporate workflows without introducing new attack vectors. Legacy IAM systems cannot handle the permission complexities that autonomous agents introduce, creating demand for risk-based, real-time identity governance.
Oak's approach reflects a broader industry shift toward security infrastructure designed specifically for the AI era, where machine identities and automated workflows require continuous monitoring rather than periodic access reviews.