Okta on Thursday agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security, betting that demand for protecting AI agents and other machine identities will grow as enterprises deploy autonomous software across their operations. More recently, the startup has expanded its platform to monitor AI agents and other machine identities. The deal strengthens Okta’s push into securing AI agents and other non-human identities alongside its core identity management business. “Permiso will extend Okta’s identity security fabric with proven identity threat detection and response capabilities, and an incredible threat research and security team that will advance Okta’s threat detection and prevention capabilities,” Okta’s chief product officer Ely Kahn said in a prepared statement. People familiar with the financing said the Series A valued the Palo Alto-based startup at about $80 million on a post-money basis.