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In August 2026, the verified tracker recorded 1 verified move across AI, fraud and identity.
Last updated: November 1, 2026 · 184 verified moves
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Funding · 2026-08-27
Socure announced a $156 million strategic growth investment led by Summit Partners at a $5.2 billion valuation, alongside its acquisition of Fravity, an agentic fraud and compliance operations platform. Fravity's acquisition price was not disclosed. The announcements were made August 27, not October 15.
Socure, Summit Partners, Fravity
Source: Socure
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These are the verified Funding entries dated August 2026. They are listed by their published titles, including investments that are not described as a new round. Socure announces $156M growth investment and acquisition of Fravity. No USD amount is recorded on this entry.
The tracker does not publish a definition beyond its verified sources. Baselayer raises $35M Series A and announces agent identity suite (September 22, 2026, Baselayer / PR Newswire): Baselayer announced a $35 million Series A led by M13, alongside the launch of its Agentic Identity Suite for verifying and managing AI agents acting on behalf of people and businesses. Shufti launches Know Your Agent identity and authorization checks (October 29, 2026, Shufti): Shufti announced a Know Your Agent offering for verifying AI agent identities, binding them to verified people or businesses and enforcing permissions, expiry and human approvals for high-risk actions. Socure launches Agent Intelligence for AI agent trust (October 27, 2026, Socure): Socure launched Agent Detection, while Agent TrustScore is in beta and Agent Credential is planned for Q1 2027. The company says the suite links AI agent activity to verified principals. Proof makes x401 agent identity verification available for Cloudflare Workers (October 20, 2026, Proof): Proof announced a Cloudflare Workers integration for its x401 protocol. Sites can request verifiable credentials proving a human has authorized an AI agent before allowing protected actions. Proof describes x401 as live in production. Sumsub expands Know Your Agent controls (October 19, 2026, Sumsub): Sumsub announced additional Know Your Agent capabilities for businesses to manage AI agent access and permissions within its identity verification platform. World introduces World ID for banking and finance (October 19, 2026, World Foundation): World announced a banking and finance identity offering combining World ID, World ID for Zoom and agent delegation capabilities. Design partners are exploring use cases; the announcement does not establish widespread bank deployment. Proof launches x401 for agent identity and authorization (October 15, 2026, Proof): Proof launched the x401 protocol and an identity wallet designed to let businesses verify the person and signed authorization behind an AI agent's transaction. Riskified announces Agent Identity Risk Intelligence (October 8, 2026, Riskified): Riskified announced identity risk capabilities for AI shopping and service agents. Limited beta is planned for December 2026; general availability is expected in 2027. Incognia introduces AI Agent Detection for financial institutions (October 6, 2026, Incognia): Incognia announced AI Agent Detection for evaluating AI-initiated financial actions, plus web behavioral biometrics and an MCP server for investigations. Okta announces expanded AI agent identity governance capabilities (September 22, 2026, Okta): Okta announced new AI agent discovery, connection governance and runtime control capabilities. Some features were available at announcement, while Agent Gateway, endpoint discovery and expanded kill-switch functions were planned for later availability. Pindrop launches BotStopper to detect AI voice agents (September 16, 2026, Pindrop / GlobeNewswire): Pindrop launched a standalone offering to identify automated callers and AI voice agents in real time, supported by an AI Voice Consortium registry of more than 5,000 AI voices. DigiCert launches AI Trust Manager for agent identities (September 15, 2026, DigiCert / GlobeNewswire): DigiCert announced general availability of AI Trust Manager, a solution for discovering AI agents, establishing verifiable identities and ownership, managing authorization, and revoking trust. Ping Identity launches Enterprise Personal Agent Access (September 1, 2026, Ping Identity): Ping Identity announced Enterprise Personal Agent Access, delivered through PingOne Privilege, to discover personal AI agents, link agent sessions to users and devices, and enforce access controls at runtime in supported environments. The company said the capability was available and in enterprise pilots. Visa, BILL and Billtrust launch live pilot for agentic invoice payments (October 20, 2026, Visa): Visa, BILL and Billtrust announced a live pilot in which authenticated AI agents execute buyer-approved invoice payments through supplier portals, using tokenized credentials and buyer controls rather than shared logins. Proof and Circle announce agentic USDC payment demonstration (October 19, 2026, Proof): Proof and Circle announced a demonstration combining x401 verified agent identity with x402 payments using USDC and Circle Agent Wallet. This is a demonstration, not a general commercial rollout. Skyfire and Forter expand AI agent checkout risk partnership (October 19, 2026, FinTech Global): Skyfire and Forter expanded an integration that feeds Skyfire Know Your Agent identity tokens into Forter's agentic commerce fraud decisions, to distinguish authorized shopping agents from malicious automation. Proof and Superfluid partner on verified identity for AI agent transactions (September 22, 2026, Proof): Proof announced a partnership with Superfluid Finance to provide verifiable human and business identity credentials for Superfluid Wallet, where users can authorize transactions proposed by AI agents. Indicio publishes whitepaper on verifiable identity for AI agents (September 8, 2026, Indicio): Indicio published Identity, Commerce, and the Agentic Web, arguing that verifiable credentials can establish AI agent identity, delegated authority and consent. It is a proposed trust architecture, not proof of widespread agent-to-agent deployment.
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