Oak
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About
Oak emerged from stealth on July 15, 2026 with $60 million in seed funding to build what it describes as an “AI-Native Identity Operating System” — a unified control plane that governs every identity across an organization, whether human, machine, or AI agent 123. The company positions its platform as a replacement for the fragmented stack of legacy identity governance and identity security tools that CISOs typically deploy 13.
Oak is co-headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel and San Francisco 1. The company was co-founded by Shai Morag (CEO) and Tal Marom (Chief Product Officer) 12. Morag previously co-founded Secdo, sold to Palo Alto Networks in 2018, and cloud identity security startup Ermetic, sold to Tenable for $265 million in 2023 23. According to TechCrunch, the founding team spent months consulting with roughly 100 CISOs and IAM leaders before building the product 2.
Oak’s platform uses an AI connector framework to map access permissions to actual application usage and removes unnecessary permissions in real time rather than during periodic access reviews 23. The product is generally available and is already deployed by enterprise customers at the time of the announcement 12.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | Seed | $60M | Accel, CRV, Greylock Partners (co-leads) | Hetz Ventures, AlphaDrive Ventures, angel investors 123 |
What Investors Say
Andrei Brasoveanu, Partner at Accel: “Backing Shai a second time was one of the easiest decisions we’ve ever made. He and his team have spent their careers solving the hardest problems in enterprise security, and identity is the biggest one left standing.” 1
What Founders Say
Shai Morag, Oak CEO and Co-Founder: “I’ve built several companies in this space, so I understand why identity has stayed broken for so long. The tools were never built to work as one, and adding more of them was never going to fix it.” 3
Shai Morag, on the company’s ambition: “The market has reached a breaking point, and I had the chance to bring together the people who understand identity, security, and AI best.” 1
Sources
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“Oak Raises $60M in Seed Funding to Build the AI-Native Identity Operating System,” PR Newswire, July 15, 2026. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oak-raises-60m-in-seed-funding-to-build-the-ai-native-identity-operating-system-302826349.html — Company’s official press release confirming the $60M seed round co-led by Accel, CRV, and Greylock Partners with participation from Hetz Ventures, AlphaDrive Ventures, and strategic angel investors. Names co-founders Shai Morag (CEO) and Tal Marom (CPO); dual HQ in Tel Aviv and San Francisco; company website oak.id. Includes Andrei Brasoveanu (Accel) named quote. ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Ingrid Lunden, “Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse,” TechCrunch, July 15, 2026. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/backed-by-60m-in-funding-oak-steps-out-of-stealth-to-fix-the-identity-mess-that-ai-agents-are-making-worse/ — Contemporaneous confirmation of $60M seed announced July 15, 2026, co-led by Accel, CRV, and Greylock with AlphaDrive Ventures and Hetz Ventures participating. Details AI connector framework product design and Morag’s prior exits (Secdo to Palo Alto Networks 2018; Ermetic to Tenable for $265M in 2023). ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Identity management startup Oak launches with $60M in funding,” SiliconANGLE, July 15, 2026. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/15/identity-management-startup-oak-launches-60m-funding/ — Independent contemporaneous press confirmation of the $60M seed round, Tel Aviv HQ, and product description (automatic access mapping, separation-of-duties detection, ChatGPT-like remediation interface). Includes Shai Morag verbatim quote on why identity has stayed broken. ↩↩↩↩↩↩