Oleria, a company providing adaptive and autonomous identity security solutions, has raised $33.1 million in a Series A funding round. This latest investment...

SDG and Oleria announce strategic partnership to modernize identity governance for the AI era. Partnership combines SDG's identity transformation expertise with Oleria's AI-native identity governance platform to help enterprises modernize governance, reduce risk, and strengthen cyber resilience NORWALK, CT and BELLEVUE, WA, September 10, 2026 (Newswire.com) - SDG, a leading provider of AI-powered identity security advisory, transformation, and managed services, and Oleria, the AI-native identity governance platform, today announced a strategic partnership to help organizations modernize identity governance to secure human, non-human, and AI identities. As organizations accelerate AI, automation, and cloud adoption, identity ecosystems have become increasingly complex. Traditional identity governance solutions often struggle to provide the continuous visibility and adaptive controls needed to govern employees, contractors, service accounts, applications, machine identities, and AI agents, while maintaining compliance, reducing risk, and enabling the organization to move faster. Together, SDG and Oleria will help organizations reduce identity risk through continuous, AI-driven governance. Customers gain fine-grained visibility into human, non-human and agentic identity access, automate governance processes, reduce excessive permissions, and strengthen cyber resilience-all while simplifying identity operations and strengthening their overall security posture. "Organizations today face an unprecedented challenge in governing access across a rapidly expanding ecosystem of human users, machine identities, and AI agents," said Jagadeesh Kunda, CEO and Co-Founder, Oleria. "Effective identity governance requires continuous visibility and adaptive controls that evolve with the business. Through our partnership with SDG, we're helping enterprises modernize identity security with the intelligence, automation, and context needed to stay ahead of risk in the agentic era." Unlike legacy governance platforms built around periodic certification campaigns, Oleria delivers continuous visibility into who, and increasingly what, has access to an organization's resources. Its AI-native architecture enables organizations to discover identity risks faster, understand effective access across complex environments, and make governance decisions with greater speed and confidence. SDG will provide strategic advisory, implementation, integration, and managed services that help organizations accelerate identity modernization initiatives and maximize the value of their governance investments. "Identity has become the foundation of cybersecurity, and AI is fundamentally changing the scale, speed and complexity of the identities that organizations need to govern," said Ajay Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of SDG. "Our partnership with Oleria advances our vision for AI-powered identity security, helping organizations gain continuous visibility, strengthen governance and build resilience in an increasingly dynamic, AI-driven threat landscape. Together, we are enabling customers to move beyond traditional IGA and securely embrace the next generation of AI-powered business." Through the partnership, customers can: * Modernize legacy identity governance programs without increasing operational complexity * Govern human, non-human, and AI identities from a unified platform * Gain fine-grained, continuous visibility into identity access and risk * Automate access reviews and identity lifecycle processes * Reduce excessive permissions and eliminate standing privilege * Strengthen compliance and cyber resilience through continuous governance * Build a scalable identity foundation ready to support AI agents, automation, and future digital initiatives As organizations embrace AI and autonomous technologies, the SDG and Oleria partnership delivers a modern approach to identity governance built for today's dynamic enterprise environments. About Oleria Oleria applies continuous, adaptive governance to every identity in the enterprise: human, non-human, and AI. Instead of periodic, manual access reviews, the platform evaluates access as it changes, flags risk in real time, and removes standing privilege automatically. That shift from point-in-time certification to continuous governance is what legacy IGA tools were never built to do. Backed by more than $60 million in funding, Oleria is trusted by leading enterprises including Fortune 500 organizations to govern access across human, non-human, and AI identities. Learn more at www.oleria.com. With more than 30 years of experience partnering with global enterprises on complex business and IT initiatives, SDG is a trusted provider of advisory, transformation, and managed services. The firm empowers organizations to strengthen cyber resilience by integrating AI into identity, threat, and risk management solutions that protect digital assets and deliver measurable business value. Learn more at www.sdgc.com. Contact Information: Avadhoot Patwardhan Marketing | Oleria [email protected]

Oleria names co-founder Jagadeesh Kunda CEO to advance identity governance in the age of AI. Jagadeesh Kunda succeeds co-founder Jim Alkove, who transitions to Executive Chairman, as Oleria expands its AI-native identity security and governance platform. SEATTLE, September 1, 2026 (Newswire.com) - Oleria, the company redefining enterprise identity security & governance, today announced that co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Jagadeesh Kunda has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Co-founder and former CEO Jim Alkove has transitioned to Executive Chairman. The leadership transition positions Oleria for its next phase of scale as organizations navigate a complex identity landscape spanning human users, non-human service accounts, and autonomous AI agents. "Jagadeesh and I built the platform together from the start and he has been deeply involved with our customer deployments," said Jim Alkove, Executive Chairman of Oleria. "He understands the shift to AI-driven identity as well as anyone in this industry. Moving to Executive Chairman lets me focus on customers and strategy while putting Oleria leadership in the hands of the only other person as close to Oleria's business and mission as I am." As co-founder and COO, Jagadeesh has driven Oleria's operations and go-to-market execution since inception, overseeing product, marketing, sales, customer success, and strategic partnerships. He has been instrumental in shaping the company's vision and bringing an adaptive, modern approach to enterprise identity governance. "Every enterprise is now managing an explosion of identities that its governance tools were never designed to see, and AI agents are widening that gap daily," said Jagadeesh Kunda, CEO of Oleria. "Oleria was built for this problem. I'm honored to lead this team as CEO, and my commitment to our customers is the same one I've made since day one: complete visibility and control across every identity, human, non-human, and AI." Over the past year, Oleria has continued to advance its vision for adaptive identity governance, helping organizations gain visibility into who and what has access to critical resources, streamline access decisions, and reduce risk across increasingly complex environments. As Executive Chairman, Jim Alkove will remain actively involved in shaping Oleria's long-term strategy, industry relations, and key customer partnerships while working closely with Jagadeesh Kunda and the Board. About Oleria Oleria applies continuous, adaptive governance to every identity in the enterprise: human, non-human, and AI. Instead of periodic, manual access reviews, the platform evaluates access as it changes, flags risk in real time, and removes standing privilege automatically. That shift from point-in-time certification to continuous governance is what legacy IGA tools were never built to do. Backed by more than $60 million in funding, Oleria is trusted by leading enterprises, including Fortune 500 organizations, to govern access across human, non-human, and AI identities. Learn more at www.oleria.com