Cygrid

Cygrid GmbH is a Berlin software company that builds an identity enforcement platform for organisations adopting AI agents. Its starting point is that most attacks now come through identities that are already trusted, such as service accounts, OAuth tokens held by connected apps and AI agents with broad access, which pass a login check without difficulty. Cygrid came out of stealth in October 2026 with a €2.66 million pre-seed round.

What the platform does

Cygrid maps every identity in a company, from employees and service accounts to AI agents, into a single graph, which it calls the Identity Intelligence Graph. It scores what each identity should be allowed to do and then acts at the point where an identity takes an action on sensitive information: a forgotten token can be revoked, and a risky command issued by an AI agent can be rewritten or blocked before it runs. The company describes this as continuous, real-time enforcement rather than access control at sign-in. It runs in production on Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Slack and HubSpot environments.

Who it serves

Mid-sized and larger companies that are connecting AI agents and third-party apps to their systems, with design partners in fintech, e-commerce and SaaS. Cygrid says it had more than 20 design partners before launch and names Barfer's and Horizn Studios as customers. It says it won a grant from Germany's federal AI Nation programme and was selected for PwC Germany's Responsible AI programme.

Key facts

Legal name: Cygrid GmbH Founded: January 2026 Headquarters: Berlin, Germany Founders: Dmitry Kharchenko (chief executive), formerly chief technology officer of bonify, and Dekel Paz (chief security architect), formerly of Zero Networks and LightCyber Funding: €2.66 million pre-seed announced 22 October 2026, led by Atlantic with d11z and angel investors