Identity startup Oak has raised $60 million and exited stealth with a pitch aimed at the identity mess AI agents are making worse, according to TechCrunch.

The company says AI agents amplify confusion and weak authentication across digital systems, and that its tools are meant to restore clearer identity signals and trust. Those product claims come from Oak’s launch messaging as reported by TechCrunch; independent proof of scale was not part of the coverage Neural Edition reviewed.

Investor appetite for agent-era infrastructure remains strong. Identity is a natural bottleneck: if software can act on a user’s behalf, companies need stronger ways to know which agent is acting, for whom, and with what permissions.

Oak joins a crowded field of security and identity vendors chasing the same problem. The funding confirms market interest; whether Oak becomes the default layer is still an execution question, not a settled fact.