Okta Now Lets AI Agents Call third-party APIs Securely [Video]

Not so long ago, Eugenio Pace, Okta’s president for business operations, told AIM that the identity provider could make billions more by providing identity to AI Agents.

Pace, who visited India in June, stressed that this was a forward-looking statement. However, just four months later, Okta has announced a new offering – Auth for GenAI – that will enable enterprises to provide identity to AI agents. 

The brand-new platform empowers developers to securely make use of generative AI in their apps. 

“The tech ecosystem is rapidly evolving, with an increasing number of applications developing as AI agents that will work on our behalf, leading to everyone having multiple agents assisting them,” Shiv Ramji, the president of customer identity at Okta, told AIM on the sidelines of Oktane 2024.

The industry is racing towards leveraging AI agents, which are autonomous and capable of performing complex tasks with minimal human intervention. Salesforce, a partner of Okta, has been particularly vocal …