Gradient

Gradient is a cybersecurity company that provides identity and authentication solutions for both human users and AI agents. The company operates on a unified platform architecture that roots identity in hardware, enabling credential-less authentication and continuous attestation. Gradient offers two primary products: - Gradient for Users: A passwordless, phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution that replaces traditional passwords and authenticator apps. It uses hardware-rooted, attestation-based authentication that binds user identities and session tokens to devices, preventing credential theft, phishing, Adversary-in-the-Middle (AitM) attacks, token replay, and token theft. It integrates as a SaaS plugin into existing Single Sign-On (SSO) systems and is designed for rapid deployment. - Gradient for Agents: A trust control plane for agentic AI systems. It assigns platform-anchored identities to AI agents, scopes permissions to specific tasks, and maintains provenance linking agent actions to an accountable human. This product addresses the gap between traditional identity systems and the requirements of autonomous AI agents. The underlying platform uses hardware roots of trust present on enterprise endpoints to immutably bind users or agents to their credentials, with credentials that expire automatically and every action remaining provable. The company targets enterprise organizations seeking to eliminate credential-based attacks, reduce helpdesk burden, and meet compliance requirements for MFA without hardware security keys. Gradient positions its approach as addressing post-MFA attack vectors that persist even when conventional MFA is in place.