Agent-Identity Startup Mintive Lands $7M Seed From Cowboy With Jeff Dean and Andrej Karpathy as Angels
Summary
Mintive raised a $7M seed led by Cowboy Ventures with Coatue, Operator Collective, Hustle Fund, and angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy and Frederic Kerrest, bringing total funding to $11M. Founded in February 2026 by ex-Google Brain researchers Jiquan Ngiam (CEO) and Vijay Vasudevan (CTO), the agent-identity startup already serves 50+ enterprise customers including Ro, Modern Treasury, Coursera and Stability AI.
Originally reported by techcrunch.com
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