Agent identity startup Mintive raises $7M seed led by Cowboy Ventures with backing from Coatue and angels including Jeff Dean and Andrej Karpathy.
Amount Raised
$7 Million
Round Type
Seed
Investors
Description
Mintive, an agent-management startup founded by Jiquan Ngiam and Vijay Vasudevan, has raised $7 million in a seed round led by Cowboy Ventures. The round includes investments from Coatue, Operator Collective, and Hustle Fund, along with notable angel investors including Okta co-founder Frederic Kerrest, Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, and OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy. Mintive's platform provides identity management and governance for enterprise AI agents, including an MCP gateway, LLM gateway for cost control, and agent monitoring capabilities. The startup is entering a competitive market dominated by major cloud providers and numerous specialized vendors.
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