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OKTA ACQUIRES AI SECURITY STARTUP PERMISO FOR $200M

Okta has acquired identity security startup Permiso for approximately $200 million. The deal strengthens Okta's ability to detect threats targeting AI agents and non-human identities in cloud environments.

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Wiz says a now-patched flaw in Azure CosmosDB would have let a hacker remotely compromise any of its users; Microsoft has seen "no evidence of customer impact" (Raphael Satter/Reuters)

Raphael Satter / Reuters: Wiz says a now-patched flaw in Azure CosmosDB would have let a hacker remotely compromise any…

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Okta buys AI security startup Permiso; source says for about $200M

The deal gives Okta identity threat detection capabilities as enterprises seek to secure AI agents and other non-human i…

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Okta agrees to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso; source: the acquisition is valued at just under $200M and is structured as an almost all-cash deal (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Okta agrees to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso; source: the acquisition is valu…

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Filing: Microsoft's product R&D roles declined for the second straight year as the company's total FY2026 headcount fell for the first time since 2016 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Filing: Microsoft's product R&D roles declined for the second straight year as the company's tot…

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