AuthZed is a company that provides an authorization platform for applications and AI systems. Its core product is built on SpiceDB, an open-source database system for managing application permissions, which is inspired by Google's Zanzibar authorization system. SpiceDB has over 6,500 stars on GitHub and is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) member project. The platform enables developers and organizations to define, manage, and enforce fine-grained permissions across their applications from a centralized system. Rather than building custom authorization logic, engineering teams can integrate AuthZed to handle permission checks, access control, and sharing models. AuthZed offers several product tiers: - SpiceDB: The open-source core database for permissions - SpiceDB Operator and Clients: Tooling for self-hosted deployments - SpiceDB Enterprise: Enhanced self-hosted version - AuthZed Cloud: Managed cloud-hosted service - AuthZed Dedicated: Dedicated cloud deployment - AuthZed Support: Support services for deployments Key use cases include team-based access control, customer-managed permissions, sharing and link access, permission-aware search and lists, and authorization for AI retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workloads. The platform is marketed toward enterprise SaaS companies, financial services organizations, and AI platforms. Customers include OpenAI, Workday, Anyscale, HackerRank, Turo, and others. The company holds SOC 2 compliance and has been recognized by KuppingerCole as a Rising Star in 2025.