GoKawiilMintive raises $7M seed led by Cowboy Ventures for AI agent identity management
Mintive, an early-stage startup building tools to govern and authorize enterprise AI agents, has raised $11 million total, including a new $7 million seed round led by Cowboy Ventures. Other backers include Coatue, Operator Collective, Hustle Fund, and angel investors Frederic Kerrest, Jeff Dean, and Andrej Karpathy. The company was founded by former Google Brain engineers Jiquan Ngiam and Vijay Vasudevan, who previously worked on Coursera and TensorFlow respectively.
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The roster of prominent AI-world investors and the founders' pedigree at Google Brain and Coursera suggest strong industry confidence in Mintive's team, even at a seed stage. However, the agent identity and management space is already crowded with offerings from Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and dozens of other startups, meaning Mintive will need a clear differentiator to stand out despite its funding and backers.
- Mintive raised $11M total, including a $7M seed round led by Cowboy Ventures
- Investors include Coatue, Operator Collective, Hustle Fund, and angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy, and Frederic Kerrest
- Mintive enters a highly competitive market for enterprise AI agent governance and identity management
Source: techcrunch.com — Julie Bort, 2026-10-29
Published there as: “Agent identity startup Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy”
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