authzed

Overview

Authzed is an authorization infrastructure company [1][2] that was founded in 2020 [12] and accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch [1]. The company is headquartered in New York City, with remote operations [5]. Authzed builds tools for companies to provide performant and scalable authorization for their applications [4]. The company was founded by three entrepreneurs with enterprise software expertise, most recently as leaders at Red Hat [4]. Two of the founders, Jake and Joey, previously met on the APIs team at Google in 2010 and went on to found Quay, where the third founder Jimmy joined as their first hire [4]. As of the available data, authzed operates with a team of 31 people [13] and serves clients including OpenAI and Zoom [3].

We build the tools companies need to provide performant and scalable authorization for their applications. We’re founded by 3 successful entrepreneurs with expertise in enterprise software, most recently as leaders at Red Hat. Jake and Joey met on the APIs team at Google in 2010. They went on to found Quay, where Jimmy joined as their first hire. Over the past decade, they’ve changed the landscape for building and deploying software. [7] [12]

2020 [1]

New York City, NY, USA; Remote [8]

New York City [14]

Y Combinator's directory lists the company location as New York City, NY, USA; Remote. [17]

Growth & traction

31 [3]

count: 31 [10]

Y Combinator lists a team size of 31. [16]