Apono (1Password)Acquired
Agent access governance — what agents can reach.
Apono built just-in-time access governance for cloud and data infrastructure, then extended it to AI agents — granting scoped, auditable permissions to agent identities instead of static credentials. Acquired by 1Password in July 2026 to anchor its agentic access-control line.
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